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Opinion: West Virginia’s CON laws hurt rural health care — it’s time to repeal them

By Jaimie Cavanaugh, attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation In a recent column, state Delegate Scot Heckert argues that West Virginia’s Certificate of Need (CON) program is needed to protect health care services in rural communities. Unfortunately, his defense ignores clear evidence that these outdated laws reduce access to care and increase patient[Read More…]

GameChanger is making a difference 

West Virginia Press Association Battling drug abuse among our state’s youth requires a team effort to be successful and no organization is proving that axiom better than GameChanger. GameChanger is a student-powered substance misuse prevention movement connecting West Virginia students and the educators who care about them to build school[Read More…]

NRGRDA, WV Association of Regional Councils leading West Virginia child care economic impact survey

Deadline looms for Mountain State’s child care community West Virginia Press Association BECKLEY, W.Va. – In collaboration with the West Virginia Association of Regional Councils, and supported by the WV Economic Development Council, the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) is launching the West Virginia Child Care Economic Impact[Read More…]

Two weeks remaining for West Virginia resident students studying landscape and horticulture to apply for WVNLA scholarships

Michael and Patrick Biafore of Morgantown attest to benefits of scholarship West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Mountain State students studying horticulture, landscape architecture, and nursery and greenhouse management have two weeks to apply for the West Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association’s (WVNLA) Marcus W. Rennix Memorial Scholarship program.[Read More…]

NRGRDA, W.Va. Association of Regional Councils leading West Virginia Child Care Economic Impact Survey

Deadline looms for Mountain State’s child care community West Virginia Press Association BECKLEY, W.Va. – In collaboration with the West Virginia Association of Regional Councils, and supported by the WV Economic Development Council, the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) is launching the West Virginia Child Care Economic Impact Survey to[Read More…]