W.Va. Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2024
West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTwenty-five million taxpayer dollars will help build a new aviation maintenance training hangar at the North Central West Virginia Airport in Bridgeport.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe West Virginia Legislature passed Senate Bill 1009 in a special session earlier this week. The law prohibits the use of state funds for certain medical procedures or benefits that are not medically necessary for inmates.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEarlier this week, 35 of 44 bills proposed in the recent special legislative session passed. But what about the bills that failed?
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLawmakers say bills passed in the special session to help solve the state’s corrections employment crisis lay a foundation but are not a cure-all.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWith concerns from members of both parties over the lack of standard consideration and debate on dozens of proposed bills, the August special West Virginia Legislative session continued into day three on Tuesday.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMany counties cannot raise enough money to properly fund their Emergency Medical Services, even though the state has a $1.8 billion dollar budget surplus. Most ambulance agencies are either non-profit or private entities that receive little, or no funding from state, county and local governments.
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