WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Veterans and community members are gaining career knowledge and tools through agriculture as part of a cooperative effort between West Virginia University Extension and Operation Welcome Home, a project designed to support military members moving from active-duty service to civilian life. The Veterans in Agriculture Training program, made possible through a grant[Read More…]

Travelers are encouraged to continuing sharing foliage videos to social media in exchange for exclusive merchandise WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Impressive fall color now covers the majority of the Mountain State as the West Virginia Department of Tourism continues to urge individuals to share current foliage conditions to[Read More…]

Along with investigators, Unit uses Artificial Intelligence platform to analyze P-card transactions by public employees By Matt Young WV Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “I’ve been an investigator and a prosecutor for three-decades now, and I couldn’t make heads or tails of what the reports were trying to say. It was[Read More…]

WV Press Release Sharing MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University’s Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources has issued the following media advisory: After a two-year hiatus, West Virginia University’s Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources hosts students and teachers for the 33rd Pumpkin Drop.   WHAT: Hundreds of elementary, middle[Read More…]

WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – More than 200 business, community and education leaders participated Tuesday in The Education Alliance’s West Virginia Education Summit. This year’s Summit focused on strategies to help West Virginia students ‘Grow Your Own Career Pathways.’  The event, hosted by The Education Alliance and held[Read More…]

WVACo in opposition to Amendment 2, citing loss of county government’s constitutional authority over revenue WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Association of County Officials (WVACo) Board of Directors this week met for their annual fall board meeting and voted as their main priority for the 2023[Read More…]

Brett Wesner, Chair National Newspaper Association Newspaper reporting and content have never been more relevant.  We all have stories of readers desperately seeking reliable information about COVID-19 during the pandemic and turning to us to deliver accurate national and state health departments’ evolving assessments as well as local reporting on[Read More…]

WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $5,764,995 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for three projects across West Virginia. The funding will support expanding essential water service in Clay County, conducting a[Read More…]

By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Multifest, West Virginia’s longest-running, and largest festival dedicated to the celebration of diversity, will be returning to the Haddad Riverfront Park in Charleston, beginning on Aug. 5. The three-day event will feature art, music, education, cultural programs and cuisine designed to[Read More…]