BY MIKE NOLTING The state Division of Highways is turning to contractors to do what has typically been regular maintenance work in north-central West Virginia. In an effort to relieve some of the core maintenance workload for DOH workers, bids have been received to complete ditching in ...
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,667,724 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for three West Virginia projects. The funding will support research into improving West Virginia manufacturing for the defense industry, resources to ...
Senator Shelley Moore Capito is one of the recipients of a letter urging Congress to authorize the money required to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which collapsed earlier this month after a massive cargo ship lost power and collided with it. Capito, R-W.Va., was addressed in the letter to key members of Congress because of her role as ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Similarly-positioned colleagues in the Senate and House also received the letter. The letter came from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and was timed ...
Gov. Jim Justice has added seven counties to a state of emergency declaration because of flooding and ongoing storm-related threats. The additions include Barbour, Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel and Wood counties. The governor had already declared emergency for Fayette, Kanawha, ...
MORGANTOWN – WVU's Board of Governors will vote on the proposed Campus Carry rule during its April 12 meeting, and 16 public comments on the proposed rule have been posted on the BOG's Rules Under Review web page. All comments are posted without the names of the author. In each case, an ...
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has been appointed to the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission by America250, the official nonpartisan entity charged by Congress with planning the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In her role, Capito will assist ...
