Any registered voter in the town of Star City interested in serving on town council has until the close of business Monday to let the town know. Longtime Star City Town Council member Todd Gregg has informed the town that despite being reelected to council in last month’s municipal ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia First Foundation, the organization that will distribute nearly $1 billion of opioid settlement funds, has adopted a mission statement and 11 guiding principles, but a timeline for reviewing and approving grants has not been set. WFF Board President, Jefferson County Prosecutor, Matt Harvey said the process of developing the foundational principles was a great team-building exercise. The statement says in part, “Empowering West Virginians to prevent substance use disorder, support recovery, and save lives.” “We all felt it was more impactful ...
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Preston County Public Service District (PSD) ...
Investigators say Kyneddi Miller had not attended school since late 2019 or 2020 and hadn’t been outside the house more than a couple of times in the last four years. The girl’s family submitted homeschooling documentation in February 2021, with her mother writing “We think homeschooling is the best now with the COVID-19 in order to keep our family safe.” Any school system contact after that is in doubt. In response to recent requests for homeschooling assessments, the Boone County school system has responded to reporters that “no public records exist.” The chairwoman ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON — The state Higher Education Policy Commission approved a doubling of the maximum award for the West Virginia Higher Education Grant at the commission’s meeting Friday held in South Charleston. The maximum award for the needs-based grant goes from $3,400 to $6,800. State Higher Education Chancellor Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker said the increase was made possible by Gov. Jim Justice proposing and the legislature allocating an additional $40 million to the program in last month’s special session because of the failed rollout of the changes to the free federal ...
MORGANTOWN — The Public Service Commission responded quickly to a PSC staff request to postpone the meeting date for the utility and cable service outages task force. The PSC created the task force in a May 22 order and charged it with recommending best practices and universal procedures ...
