WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Justice, First Lady Cathy Justice, and Babydog will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Charleston Dirty Birds home opener against the Lancaster Barnstormers on Tuesday, May 9, at approximately 6:15 pm. The First Lady will also be hosting a school supply[Read More…]
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Media Advisory: W.Va. Legislature visiting Huntington region and Marshall University for interim meetings
Marshall President Brad D. Smith to present ‘Strategic Roadmap to Prosperity — Marshall’s Next Chapter on Economic Development and Health Care’ HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall University has issued the following media advisory: The West Virginia Legislature is visiting the Huntington region and Marshall University through Tuesday for interim committee meetings. The[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 aren’t just outnumbering line-of-duty deaths – they’re doing so even with suicides being under-reported by as much as 60%.” That’s what Kari Mika-Lude told the[Read More…]
WV Legislative Interims: Broadband access expansion outlined
Focus is to reach those who don’t have broadband, not just improve service to existing customers By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – State government’s plan to provide every West Virginia household with access to high-speed internet continues to move forward. On Sunday, members of the legislative interim[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Manchin announced West Virginia has been awarded $20 million to establish statewide network for neuroscience research
WV Press Release Sharing WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced West Virginia has been awarded a highly competitive, five-year $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) that will boost scientific research and[Read More…]
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine graduates 177 new physicians
Friday’s WVSOM ceremony marks first pandemic-era class WV Press Release Sharing LEWISBURG, W.Va. – When students in this year’s graduating class at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) began their medical education in summer 2019, none of them could have predicted that just a few months after their[Read More…]
Media Advisory: Anne Montague, founder of the American Rosie Movement, to speak at Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum on Saturday
Mother’s Day Celebration including story of Montague’s mother WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The American Rosie Movement has issued the following media advisory: The Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum will feature Anne Montague as the keynote speaker from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, the day before[Read More…]
Gloria Mae (Perkinson) Paesani
GLORIA MAE (PERKINSON) PAESANI, 89, of Follansbee, WV died peacefully on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at Valley Hospice North in Steubenville, OH. Born on October 8, 1933, in Petersburg, VA a daughter of the late William Perkinson and Helen (Jessup) Perkinson Archer. In addition to her parents, Gloria is preceded[Read More…]
Bruce Lancaster
BRUCE LANCASTER, 62, passed away Friday, April 28, 2023. His death was untimely and unexpected due to complications from a recent illness. Bruce was a conscientious husband, father, grandfather, and brother. Bruce was a trustee at First Church of God in Wellsburg. He worked at Berry Plastics in Iowa Falls,[Read More…]
Diana Rose (Kimball) Garrison Bunner
DIANA ROSE (KIMBALL) GARRISON BUNNER, 64, passed away on Friday, April 28, 2023 at WVU Medicine Ruby Memorial, Morgantown, WV. Diana was born on April 29, 1958 in Weirton, WV. She was the daughter of Thelma (Bunner) Kimball of Colliers, WV and the late, Delbert Kimball. Diana loved to crochet,[Read More…]