December 24, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin released the following statement this morning after learning about the death of Randolph County Del. William D. Proudfoot:
“I have known Bill Proudfoot for more than 20 years. We’ve had a long friendship and there was not a finer hu...December 22, 2008Preliminary test results indicate the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) agent was present in five hunter-harvested deer collected in Hampshire County during the 2008 deer firearms hunting season.
“As part of our agency’s ongoing ...December 08, 2008West Virginia State Parks will welcome in 2009 with dinners, parties, dances, or just some quiet time, depending upon how you want to greet the New Year. Reservations are required for most events, so it’s not too early to start making your year-end pla...December 04, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) Finance Board today adopted PEIA’s health care finance plan for fiscal year 2010, which includes necessary increases in members’ monthly premiums to help cover rising health care costs....November 26, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va – Effective Jan. 1, 2009, the West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program (WVCHIP) will expand its health coverage for children by increasing the upper income limit for participation from 220 percent to 250 percent of the federa...October 17, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin today awarded $1,833,094 in Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) funds for 18 projects statewide. These funds will help implement local prevention efforts or help to continue local prevention planning efforts,...October 07, 2008West Virginia deer hunters gain more than a freezer filled with an ample amount of venison (deer) after each season. Those concerned with healthier choices in their diet have gained a supply of low-fat meat compared to beef. “Venison is a healthful cho...August 15, 2008Hawks Nest and Blackwater Falls state park lodges will offer only non-smoking rooms in early 2009. Chief Logan Lodge, between Logan and Chapmanville, opened as a smoke-free facility in 2006, unaware it was a leader in this nationwide trend. Tygart Lake...August 14, 2008The invasive algae known as Didymo has been found in lower Glady Fork north of Alpena, and in Gandy Creek near Whitmer, according to Mike Shingleton, Assistant Chief, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Section. After a new...July 31, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin announced today that the West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Board has approved a financial plan allowing for the expansion of its program to include eligibility for families living up to 250 percent of the fe...July 18, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin today released the following statement about his approval, WITH EXCEPTION, of new West Virginia Health Care Authority rules that would allow some smaller hospitals in the state to perform angioplasty and other cardiac catheterization p...June 10, 2008After a flood, filing an insurance claim and beginning a safe cleanup are two of the most important steps to recovery, said officials from the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (WVDHSEM).April 01, 2008West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced today, AccessWV, the State's high risk health insurance pool, will now pay a one-time referral fee of $50 to an individual health insurance producer who assists an applicant in completing a...January 17, 2008The Department of Administration today announced the Capitol Food Court is offering its patrons easy access to its daily menu selections, along with assisting in the identification of available healthy food choices.October 04, 2007Institute, W.Va. (Oct. 4, 2007) -- When Kelley Rankin and four college friends went on a
mountain biking adventure at Snowshoe Mountain, he was climbing peaks that seemed to match
his own rising success.
Rankin, a 37-year-old licensed physical thera... |
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