U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $952,638 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for three research projects at West Virginia University. The funding will support research into mathematical equations, the impacts of droughts on ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia has a $465 million question with the federal government based not on any allegations of misspending — but instead over whether school systems fell short on an obligation to maintain financial support for education at levels in line with overall spending. A revelation of the hundreds of millions of dollars at issue has introduced uncertainty into the legislative budgeting process, with a special session already being planned for May when the situation could be more clear. Meanwhile, officials are working to resolve concerns of federal authorities, ...
KINGWOOD — Approximately 125-150 Prestonians have lost their jobs with the Feb. 23 closing of Allegheny Wood Products. During this week’s Preston County Commission meeting, Roberta Baylor, executive director of the Preston County Economic Development Authority (PCEDA), gave commissioners the numbers. Baylor said the sawmill in Kingwood employed 70-100 individuals, and the dry kiln in Bruceton Mills employed about 50 workers. Baylor said a WorkForce West Virginia’s Rapid Response Team will hold a meeting at the 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. She said the sessions will give Allegheny ...
The City of Beckley will soon become the first Inclusive Recovery City (IRC) in the United States. On March 19, city, state, national and international leaders in recovery support will come together to sign a charter declaring Beckley as an IRC — the first in the nation, joining 26 other cities across Europe, the Balkans, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia as IRCs. A recovery city is a community that promotes visible recovery, addresses stigmatizing and discriminatory attitudes and champions multiple pathways to addiction recovery. The underlying concept is that by ...
CHARLESTON — State officials Thursday described a $465 million obligation to the federal government over COVID-19 spending on education — and that dark cloud is casting a big shadow over the legislative budget process. Legislative officials are talking definitively about a special session in May to address financial matters once major questions are closer to being resolved. Lawmakers will pass a budget during this regular session, as constitutionally required, but the end product could be more or less a placeholder. Up in the air would be surplus spending that is important to ...
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate on Thursday stood to honor the life and work of Warren Randolph McGraw, former state delegate and senator, county prosecutor and judge, and Supreme Court Justice. The senators unanimously approved SR 56, honoring McGraw, and presented members of his family ...
