By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia voters will have more to decide than who will represent them in Congress come November. Voters will need to make the important decision on an amendment to the state’s Constitution to explicitly state no one has a right to an[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing
Member newspaper- and West Virginia Press Association-generated news articles, series, photos, cartoons. This information is available for sharing and publication by other member newspapers.
U.S. Sen. Manchin seeking data on health care premium rates in West Virginia
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has asked West Virginia health care providers for information on how they are determining their rate premiums for 2019. Specifically, Manchin has asked CareSource and Highmark if efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, were taken into[Read More…]
WVU researchers working to stop cancer-growth protein
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — What do one in five breast cancers have in common? Large amounts of a protein called HER2 (or human epidermal growth factor receptor 2). “Every healthy cell produces a normal amount of HER2, but HER2 is produced 10 to 20 times more in a cancer[Read More…]
Former Mid-Ohio Valley resident designs New York City waterfront park
By PAUL LaPANN The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PHILADELPHIA — Trevor Lee, who formerly lived in the Mid-Ohio Valley, worked on the design of a large waterfront park in New York City and will lead a workshop on solar artwork next month in France. Lee, a landscape architect, is an[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, July 30
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, July 30, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES CLAIM MORE LIVES; CREWS MAKE PROGRESS Thousands more are fleeing their homes after[Read More…]
Friends of the Lincoln Collection launches new website
News release: FORT WAYNE, IN – Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc., has launched a new website serving as a gateway to thousands of digitized Lincoln era letters, photographs, newspapers, books and other items from the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection. The Friends’ newly launched website, www.friendsofthelincolncollection.org, will offer[Read More…]
Ex-West Virginia Supreme Court administrator describes Loughry’s expenses, acrimony
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A former administrator of the West Virginia Supreme Court said he did not make any threats to the five sitting justices when he was fired in January 2017. Former administrator Steve Canterbury said he only wondered aloud if he should go to[Read More…]
Innovate: WVPA Convention 2018 is Aug. 9-11
Get a WVPA room discount at Embassy Suites in Charleston CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Registration is now open for the West Virginia Press Association’s 2018 WVPA Convention, Aug. 9-11, in Charleston. “The WVPA is partnering with WVU’s Academic Media Day program. It’s an excellent opportunity for all media,’ said Don Smith, executive[Read More…]
Gov. Jim Justice: Trump’s tax cuts a boon for West Virginia
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Tourism rates in West Virginia are up 16 percent this year, a jump West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice attributes to the Trump administration Justice — whose family also owns the Greenbrier Resort — was among panelists participating in the[Read More…]