Event is Wednesday and Thursday at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center Charleston, W.Va. – The 2023 West Virginia Construction and Design Exposition (EXPO) will be held Wednesday and Thursday, March 22-23, at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. This year’s event is expected to draw over 4,000 attendees, will[Read More…]
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Media Advisory: HealthNet Aeromedical Services to host nurses and paramedics from across the country for training event in Charleston
Media availability is Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. HealthNet Aeromedical Services to Host Nurses and Paramedicsfrom Across the Country for Training Event HealthNet Aeromedical Services will welcome 31 nurses and paramedics from around the country enrolled in the Association of Air Medical Services’ Critical Care Transport Academy (CCTA) to its[Read More…]
Sky’s The Limit: EDTalks aviation industry program focuses on West Virginia students’ passion and dreams
Education Alliance hosting event at Yeager Airport’s Bill Noe Flight School By Matt Young, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The sky’s the limit on March 30, when The Education Alliance hosts EDTalks at Yeager Airport’s Bill Noe Flight School. The Sky’s the Limit EDTalks will feature two distinguished speakers:[Read More…]
Media Resource: WVU expert addresses plant resiliency as seasons change
WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University has issued the following notice on a resource available to state media: A West Virginia University expert is addressing the effects lingering winter weather and fluctuating temperatures could have on trees, shrubs and flowers heading into the official start of spring on Monday, March 20.[Read More…]
Media Advisory: WV Press sharing photos of WVSSAC Boys Basketball Tournament; Effort courtesy of Mister Bee Potato Chips
See daily photo galleries of the boys games WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association will again be providing newspapers with photos of each basketball game at the WVSSAC Boys State Basketball tournaments. The effort covers all five days, including Saturday’s championship games. The photos are[Read More…]
Business groups urge EPA to speed up permitting for carbon capture projects
West Virginia Manufacturers Association representing state in effort WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — This week, eight business groups representing a diverse cross-section of industry in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, Texas, and New Mexico sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan calling for the[Read More…]
Working in service: WVU research reaches all of West Virginia
WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Breakthroughs and research expertise nurtured at West Virginia University extend far beyond its labs, experimental sites and classrooms. In fact, WVU research efforts are unique compared to most universities, according to Vice President for Research Fred King. “While other institutions may pursue research for its own sake, WVU stays true to[Read More…]
Country Roads Angel Network investment helps Endolumik close $1.5 Million investment round
WV Press Release Sharing MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Morgantown surgical device company Endolumik, Inc., closed a $1.5 million investment to commercialize their patented near infrared (NIR) surgical device — Gastric Calibration Tube, thanks in part to a new investment from the Country Roads Angel Network (CRAN). Endolumik uses near-infrared light to[Read More…]
Author Valerie Nieman tells her stories and Appalachia just seeps into the cracks
By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Valerie Nieman wondered what it would be like to murder a person and throw their body down a West Virginia mine crack. So, in one sense, she made that happen. However, that victim didn’t stay underground for long – at[Read More…]
Media Advisory: WV Press sharing photos of WVSSAC Girls Basketball Tournament; Effort courtesy of Mister Bee Potato Chips
WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association will again be providing newspapers with photos of each basketball game at the WVSSAC Girls and Boys State Basketball tournaments. The effort covers all five days, including Saturday’s championship games. The photos are being provided as a member service[Read More…]