WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Riley Moore has announced his office returned more than $3.6 million worth of unclaimed property to individuals, businesses and organizations during the month of May – continuing a record-setting pace for returns this fiscal year. “We’re proud to be returning money[Read More…]
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Berkeley Springs DMV office opens to public
A new regional Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office has opened in Berkeley Springs, just south of town. The DMV office opened to the public on Thursday, June 1. DMV spokeswoman Natalie Holcomb said 15 people work in the new DMV office here, offering a full range of services –[Read More…]
Flags in West Virginia at half-staff as state mourns death of State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard
WV Press Report with updates from Williamson Daily News and The Mingo Messenger CHARLESTON, W.Va. — This weekend United States and West Virginia flags on state-owned facilities are half-staff in honor and remembrance of Sgt. Cory Maynard of the West Virginia State Police. Maynard was killed Friday in an on-duty shooting[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Manchin, gas industry representatives, government officials and others praise effort to complete Mountain Valley Pipeline
Senator visits construction site, hosts press conference in Charleston on Friday CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following Thursday’s vote in Washington on the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement to secure the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., was back in Charleston on Friday, meeting with gas industry representatives,[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin announces $5.4 million for Brownfields clean up across West Virginia
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $5,466,135 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Program for ten initiatives across West Virginia. The funding is made possible[Read More…]
West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore announces 2023 SMART529 “When I Grow Up” essay contest regional and teacher winners
Grand Prize Winner to be Announced at September Culture Center Ceremony WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Riley Moore has announced the 15 regional student winners and statewide teacher winner of this year’s SMART529 “When I Grow Up” essay contest. Now in its 16th year, the annual essay[Read More…]
New River Gorge named Best Family Trip in the U.S. by Outside Magazine
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 been named Best Family Trip in the U.S. by Outside Magazine, making another major travel award for West Virginia. Each year, Outside selects one winning[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Manchin introduces bipartisan legislation to overhaul federal correctional facilities oversight
WV Press Release Sharing WASHINGTON, DC— Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the Federal Prison Oversight Act, bipartisan legislation that would create a new oversight structure to ensure transparency, safety, and accountability in federal correctional facilities. “After serious reports of abuses, staff shortages, and dangerous conditions in federal facilities in West Virginia[Read More…]
WV Legislative Interims: Marshall University working in the field of Cyber security
By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University is positioning itself to become a national leader in the field of cyber security, and, according to General Counsel Toney Stroud, leadership is working hard to make that happen. While speaking before members of the legislative Joint Standing Committee[Read More…]
WV Legislative Interims: Drug Court and Home Confinement reviewed
By Matt Young, West Virginia Press Association HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Presentations regarding Drug Court and Home Confinement were among the Business before the West Virginia Legislature’s Oversight Committee on Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority during the final day of May Interim Sessions on Tuesday. First to present was the[Read More…]
