Release from West Virginia Family Health: PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (April 4, 2019) – West Virginia Family Health (WVFH) has announced its intention to not renew its West Virginia Medicaid managed care contract, effective June 30, 2019. WVFH will be working together with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources’ (DHHR)[Read More…]
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WV Mine Wars Museum organizing for Battle of Blair Mountain Centennial Project
Release from the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum: MATEWAN, W.VA. — The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum is spearheading a campaign to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain, a project funded by the National Endowment of the Humanities. The Battle of Blair Mountain was a five-day[Read More…]
WVDEP Approves Construction Stormwater Permit for Mountaineer Gas Route 9 Extension
Application proposed construction of approximately 4.8 miles of natural gas distribution line Release from the WVDEP: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Division of Water and Waste Management has issued a State General Water Pollution Control Permit to regulate the discharge of stormwater runoff associated[Read More…]
State of Emergency declared for roads In Marshall County
By JENNIFER COMPSTON-STROUGH The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — It’s official: Marshall County’s roads have deteriorated to the point that commissioners have declared an emergency. The Marshall County Commission made the declaration Tuesday — one day after a particularly serious slip occurred on Sally’s Backbone, a rural ridge[Read More…]
Jefferson County residents send delegation to Denmark, announce anti-Rockwool activities
By DANYEL VanREENEN The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A small group of Jefferson County residents against the under-construction Rockwool manufacturing facility traveled to the Rockwool shareholders meeting in Denmark on Wednesday just one day after the group Resist Rockwool announced an escalation of direct, nonviolent moral directives against the company[Read More…]
West Virginia returns to ‘slow spender’ list; waiting on flood mitigation dollars
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON. W.Va. — West Virginia is awaiting more than $106 million to help limit the damage from the next big flood, but the state is having issues spending the federal funding it has now. In a statement released Tuesday, U.S. Sen.[Read More…]
Hancock County Republican Party supporting ‘no confidence’ move given to West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The Hancock County Republican Party is supporting a Kanawha County GOP resolution expressing “no confidence” in Gov. Jim Justice. Kanawha County Republicans on Tuesday night passed the “no confidence” resolution, citing Justice’s failure to adhere to the party’s platform[Read More…]
Northrop Grumman plant in Mineral County, WV, will create up to 500 jobs over five year period
NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Northrop Grumman plant in Rocket Center, West Virginia, will create up to 500 more jobs at their Mineral County location over a five year period. According to a release from Gov. Jim Justice’s office, Northrop Grumman, which employs 1,100 currently at the Mineral County[Read More…]
WVU researchers identify how light at night may harm outcomes in cardiac patients
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, West Virginia University neuroscientists linked white light at night—the kind that typically illuminates hospital rooms—to inflammation, brain-cell death and higher mortality risk in cardiac patients. Randy Nelson, who chairs the Department of Neuroscience in the WVU School of[Read More…]
