August 26, 2010 - A month-long series of special events marks the 50th anniversary for the first modern Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the quest for ET...
March 12, 2009 - CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gov. Joe Manchin today presented 12 grants to help advance scientific research at West Virginia colleges and universities. The grants, which totaled more than $770,000, were funded competitively through the state’s Research Challeng......
December 19, 2008 - CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gov. Joe Manchin today announced grants to help advance scientific discovery at West Virginia’s colleges and universities. The grants, which total nearly $710,000, were funded competitively through the state’s Research Challenge Fun......
May 27, 2008 - Gov. Joe Manchin III today announced the official launching of the state of West Virginia's new and improved Web site located at http://www.wv.gov. This Web site is the first nationwide to offer an education portal designed to improve access to the s......
April 11, 2008 - Gov. Joe Manchin signed a new bill on April 10 designed to move West Virginia closer to meeting its goal of statewide high-speed Internet access by 2010.
A map illustrating broadband service availability in the state was also released.
HB 4637 estab......
April 10, 2008 - Government Technology magazine recently named West Virginia First Lady Gayle Manchin one of this year's Top 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers' for using technology to improve government....
March 12, 2008 - Gov. Joe Manchin today called the 2008 Regular Session of the West Virginia Legislature a success, particularly noting the significance of the Legislature's work that eliminated the cumbersome "Tier 2.5 Status" designation for streams. This is a move t......
February 28, 2008 - Thousands of bats have been found dead or dying in caves and mines in New York state. The cause is a mysterious condition known as "White Nose Syndrome" because a white fungus is present on the muzzles of affected bats. The condition was first discov......