West Virginia Press Association GERRARDSTOWN, W.Va. — This year marks the 64th anniversary of the Peace Corps and Peace Corps Day is celebrated annually on March 1st. Since its beginning, over 250,00 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 140 countries around the world. Over 722 of those volunteers have been from[Read More…]
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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 Unfortunately, his defense ignores clear evidence that these outdated laws reduce access to care and increase patient[Read More…]
OPINION: The need to ensure a fair Backyard Brawl in health care
By Delegate Scot C. Heckert, R-Wood Governor Morrisey has launched a campaign to ensure West Virginia is on equal footing with our surrounding states when it comes to state regulation. The goal is to support economic development and remove unnecessary regulations. Everyone supports that effort, and we applaud the Governor[Read More…]
Opinion: West Virginia elections are the best run in America
By Diana Cromley, president of WVACo, the WV Association of Counties I’m a West Virginia County Clerk, the County Clerk from Mason County, to be exact. For 31 years, I along with my staff have coordinated the free and fair elections in Mason County, all races from President on down to[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…]
APTA-West Virginia training to focus on latest treatment strategies
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia physical therapists, committed to learning the most advanced methods about treating back pain and other physical ailments, will welcome a leading training expert to the upcoming annual conference of the West Virginia Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA-WV). APTA-WV[Read More…]
Opinion: Building toward our highest potential
By Dr. E. Gordon Gee, president, West Virginia University Last month kicked off the first day of classes and the beginning of West Virginia University’s fall semester. The start of a school year always represents potential. There is a sense of excitement in the air. Optimism is contagious. There are[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Capito, Halle Berry raise awareness of menopause challenges
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and actress, Halle Berry, on Aug. 14, hosted a roundtable discussion on the Advancing Menopause and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, bipartisan legislation that would boost federal research on menopause and would—for the first time—coordinate the federal government’s existing programs[Read More…]