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DEA to more closely monitor opioid manufacturing
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency will more closely monitor the number of opioid pills manufactured annually, something West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said was prompted by his own lawsuit filed against the agency. The DEA’s new rule includes steps to account[Read More…]
Coal production up in southern West Virginia, down nationwide
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently released their quarterly report on coal production for the first quarter and while numbers are down at the national level, southern West Virginia produced nearly 10 percent more coal in the first quarter of 2018 as[Read More…]
Marshall, Wild Ramp to offer Workplace Farm Share memberships
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON – Marshall University is partnering with The Wild Ramp to offer faculty, staff and students memberships to the Workplace Farm Share program. For members, locally sourced food will be available for pickup weekly at noon Thursdays, July 12 through Nov. 23, in the Memorial Student Center. The[Read More…]
Congressman Alex X. Mooney announces July mobile office hours
The Clay County Free Press CLAY, W.Va. — Throughout the Second District, members of Congressman Mooney’s staff will be making stops in each county to meet with constituents who may be having problems with a federal agency. We ask that constituents bring copies of documentation related to their issues. “Helping[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, July 12
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, July 12, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. MORE TOUGH RHETORIC FROM TRUMP The president renews his pressure tactics on fellow NATO nations[Read More…]
Capito, Morrisey welcome Trump’s SCOTUS pick; Manchin keeps quiet
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and the Republican campaigning to serve alongside her each signaled Tuesday their support for President Donald Trump’s second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who is running for re-election in November against[Read More…]
Interim West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission chancellor appointed
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Just as the new Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education comes together, the state’s Higher Education Policy Commission suspended its search for a new chancellor and appointed the president of West Virginia University Institute of Technology as interim[Read More…]
Lang named interim campus president at WVU Tech as Long heads to HEPC
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With the announcement that Carolyn Long has been selected to temporarily lead the state’s higher education coordination body, Gerald Lang has been named interim campus president at West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley. West Virginia University Provost Joyce McConnell appointed Lang following Long’s[Read More…]
Flood committee subpoenas senior official with RISE WV
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a show of force, the Joint Legislative Committee on Flooding has issued its first subpoena as its probe into a stalled flood recovery program advances. The committee announced in a news release that it would meet Thursday and has issued a[Read More…]
