Gov. Justice announces Nation’s newest national park earns Outside Magazine’s 2023 travel award CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced today that The New River Gorge has[Read More…]
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Hurricane Council Recognizes Employees, Show Choir Champions
Mrs. Hurricane Independence Day – Michelle Blankenship, Ms. Hurricane Independence Day – Jaime DeRuiter, Miss Hurricane Independence Day – Chloe Armentrout, Hurricane Independence Day Teen[Read More…]
WV Legislative Interims: Fire, EMS discuss suicide prevention, more funding for first responders
First responder suicide rates outnumbering line-of-duty deaths By Matt Young, WV Press Association HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – “I need to drive this home – Suicide rates[Read More…]
County Commission News: Five Companies Bid on Jim Ridge Waterline Extension
The Tuesday, April 25, Putnam County Commission meeting was bid-opening time for the Jim Ridge Phase 2 Waterline Extension Project. The Commission received bids from[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Manchin announces $12.9 million for West Virginia head start programs
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has announced $12,914,643 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human[Read More…]
WorkForce West Virginia hosting Statewide Virtual Job Fair on Wednesday
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — WorkForce West Virginia announces the next date in a series of Statewide Virtual Job Fairs. Both employers and job seekers[Read More…]
West Virginia’s ‘Shape Our Future’ tourism education initiative to launch statewide
New hospitality-tourism education program part of WV Tourism’s statewide ‘Tourism Works’ effort By Matt Young, WV Press Association CRAIGSVILLE, W.Va. – Gov. Jim Justice, along[Read More…]
County Commission Stands Firm on Towing Policy
The Putnam County Commission meeting of April 11th was dominated by discussion and review of the county Towing Policy for emergency calls. The Commission previously[Read More…]
WV Legislative Interims: Committee looks at VFD, EMS funding legislation
Plan would cost household less than $20 a year By Matt Young, WV Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A previously failed plan for volunteer fire[Read More…]
WV Legislative Interims: Committee on Children and Families hears DHHR and other presentations
By Matt Young, WV Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Children and Families, on Tuesday, heard testimony from human service[Read More…]