Effort’s goal: Help grow healthier communities in WV WV Press Release Sharing BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — The 2023 Try This WV Youth Summit & Conference will be June 15 -17. These in-person events will be held on the beautiful campus of WV Wesleyan College in Buckhannon The Youth Summit, in partnership with[Read More…]
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AARP WV celebrates legislation increasing prescription drug access and affordability with signing of insulin co-pay bill: SB 577
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — WV Senate Bill 577, which reduces the co-pay cap on insulin and devices and permitting purchase of testing equipment without a prescription, is now law. Gov. Justice hosted a April 19 bill signing ceremony at the State Capitol, where AARP Capitol Advocacy Team volunteers[Read More…]
Marshall University approves tuition and fees, budget for next year
WV Press Release Sharing HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Marshall University Board of Governors today approved the university’s budget for fiscal year 2023-2024, which includes a 2.5% increase in tuition and fees for resident and non-resident undergraduate and graduate students, as well as an 11% reduction in tuition and fees for[Read More…]
Opinion: We can honor the soldiers for whom the bell tolled
Churches asked to ring bells 21 times on Memorial Day By Patricia Richards Harris, president Doddridge County Historical Society Did you know that when word reached the home front announcing the end of WW2, the American people began ringing their church bells to express their total elation? The deadly war[Read More…]
WVU student engineers partner with Costa Rican community where ecotourism has strained sewage systems
WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University students will partner with the ecotourism destination of Monteverde, Costa Rica, to address its stressed sewage problem, which includes undersized and aging septic tanks and untreated water from sinks and washing machines. During the summers of 2024-2026, WVU graduate students from the Benjamin M. Statler College[Read More…]
WVU adjusts budget deficit projections, explains PEIA changes and accelerates academic transformation efforts
Budget deficit for fiscal year 2024 now projected at $45 million WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University administrators briefed Board of Governors members today on a multitude of converging efforts being undertaken to strategically reposition the WVU System for the future. President Gordon Gee outlined the plan during his March State of the University address designed to put[Read More…]
Charleston Dirty Birds host media day, outline plans for 2023 baseball season
Savannah Bananas visiting GoMart Ballpark on Friday and Saturday for Spring Training games; Both games sold out By Matt Young, WV Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – With less than two weeks to go before the start of the regular season, the Charleston Dirty Birds, on Wednesday, welcomed members of the[Read More…]
WV Press Interview: President Gee and administration look at how to make WVU a smaller, more efficient institution
University’s projected enrollment decline of 5,000 over the next decade could require a $75 million adjustment to annual budget By Don Smith, WV Press Association Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles from a WV Press Association interview with WVU President Gordon Gee on the State[Read More…]
Phone outages make a mess – especially for courts, inmates in southern West Virginia
By By Josephine E. Moore The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A man at Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County had to wait in prison an additional three days after making bail because the phone and fax lines at the Raleigh County Courthouse were down. “I bonded a guy last Monday, and[Read More…]
WVU Center for Black Culture and Research prepares for leadership transition
WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A higher education administrator with experience in student and intercultural engagement will usher in a new era for the West Virginia University Center for Black Culture and Research. Javier McCoy, who currently oversees campus-wide initiatives as the assistant director of Inclusive Leadership and Intercultural Engagement in the Division of Student[Read More…]
