West Virginia Government News

That appeared to be the message during a town hall-style meeting in Wellsburg Monday, where Rep.

The Higher Education Policy Commission coordinates the event in conjunction with the West Virginia Association of Financial Aid Administrators and the YMCA.

In remarks at a ceremony honoring his efforts to support the needs of the National Guard, U.S. Rep Nick Rahall Monday warned that cuts to resources and benefits for the nation's citizen soldiers and airmen would sacrifice the mission and well being of men and women in the National Guard and all service branches.

It is distressing enough that a national school quality program gives West Virginia low marks for how it prepares and manages teachers.

Family members and advocates of West Virginia children with autism plan to gather at the Legislature to press lawmakers to back a proposed fix for the state's autism-coverage law.

"Jenni" is one of thousands of West Virginia children and teenagers whose high blood pressure and weight puts them at risk of future heart disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases.

According to a press release by Legal Aid of West Virginia , news is not good for low-income West Virginians who need to seek legal and advocacy assistance from them.

After a decade in which the federal No Child Left Behind law was used in an attempt to improve schools throughout the nation, it is clear the effort was a complete flop.

Questions about how well a plan to address West Virginia's OPEB debt - referring to other post-employment benefits for retired government workers - will work remain to be answered.

Last year, during debate over a long-term bill to fund our nation's aviation system, some in Congress fought for draconian cuts that would have eliminated federal support for rural airports.

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GHENT, W.Va. --When Winterplace president Terry Pfeiffer began working at West Virginia's southernmost ski resort in the early 1990s, snowmaking was a relatively slow, labor-intensive process.

The Big East Conference and West Virginia have reportedly reached a settlement that would free the Mountaineers to join the Big 12 Conference immediately.

William Faulker once wrote, 'The past is never dead. It's not even past." For Lakin Hospital, its past has never really gone away, though some might argue it has been forgotten.

One of the physicians serving in the West Virginia Legislature hopes to revive a measure extending pregnancy and birth control coverage to the dependents of insurance policyholders.

Gas and oil drilling already have pumped tens of millions of dollars into the East Ohio economy.

From The Governor's Desk: A weekly column by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin For 36 years, February has been designated by every U.S. president as Black History Month recognizing the contributions of African Americans to our past, present and future.

People in West Virginia, Ohio and much of the midwest this week have been buying tickets...for what could eventually be the largest Powerball jackpot in history.

We describe a millennial length tree-ring chronology developed from West Virginia , USA red cedar ring widths that is significantly correlated with local to regional temperature and precipitation for the region.

The federal government is providing $9.3 million to West Virginia to improve Internet access at schools and libraries.