December 26, 2008Perhaps there is nothing that signifies the state of West Virginia more than our beauty and strength. We are proud of our eye-catching scenery and our people have never shied away from doing the heavy lifting.Fortunately, we had two native West Vi...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 23, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today appointed Michele Duncan Bishop to serve as the chief administrative law judge for the West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals. The appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2009.
Bishop previously served as general coun...December 23, 2008RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today released the following statement after a meeting he led to discuss the potential shutdown of the Century Aluminum smelter here.
The meeting included company and steelworker representatives from Century Alumi...December 22, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin and Charleston Mayor Danny Jones today announced the worldwide television airing dates for the 2008 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) competition held in Charleston in September.
During a news conference this morning, th...December 19, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin today announced his appointment of Judge Jerry D. Moore to the 22nd Judicial Circuit covering Pendleton, Hardy and Hampshire counties.
Senate Bill 291, which passed during the 2008 regular legislative session, add...December 19, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin has appointed Anthony Bisaha to serve as the family court judge for the 12th Family Court Circuit covering Mercer and McDowell counties. Bisaha will fill the seat vacated by Omar J. Aboulhosn, who was recently appoi...December 19, 2008CHARLESTON, 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...December 16, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today announced his appointment of Raleigh County native and State Police captain Timothy S. Pack to the position of superintendent of the West Virginia State Police.
Pack has been director of Executive Protection...December 08, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin has approved a Supplemental Regular Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) payment for West Virginia’s elderly, disabled and low-income families who received a Regular LIEAP payment for the current winter hea...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...November 24, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today released the following statement after learning about the death of former West Virginia Gov. Cecil H. Underwood:
“This is a very sad day for all of West Virginia. We have lost a governor who, through two sep...November 21, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin and First Lady Gayle Manchin invite all West Virginians to join them for the annual "Joyful Night" ceremony beginning at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, at the State Capitol. The audience will be invited to join in a mus...November 21, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today appointed L.Wade Linger, Jr. to the West Virginia Board of Education. Linger, a West Virginia native, has spent a large portion of his professional career involved in the fields of technology and research her...November 21, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today announced that Col. D.L. Lemmon will retire after serving nearly four years as superintendent of the West Virginia State Police. Lemmon submitted his resignation yesterday, and he said his retirement will be e...October 29, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today appointed F. Jane Hustead of Huntington to serve as Circuit Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Cabell County. Hustead fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Chief Judge Alfred E. Ferguson.
Hustea...October 29, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin and US Airways Magazine publisher Andrea Alexander today unveiled the magazine’s business feature on West Virginia, appearing in the in-flight magazine’s November 2008 issue.
“We have a great story to tell. And ea...October 29, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin and First Lady Gayle Manchin today officially recognized Mount View High School science teacher Edward Evans for being named the Discovery Education and 3M “America’s Top Science Teacher” earlier this month. Evans i...October 29, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gov. Joe Manchin, joined by First Lady Gayle Manchin, education officials and leaders from the business community, today announced five additional public schools have joined the SEEDS (Student Educational and Economic Development Su...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, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gov. Joe Manchin today ordered all United States and state flags displayed at state facilities lowered to half-staff Wednesday, October 8, in commemoration of the distinguished life and service of United States Army Sgt. First Class...September 30, 2008Charleston, WV - The Governor's Job Fair, aimed at providing job seekers with information on state government employment opportunities, is scheduled for Thursday. October 2, at the Morgan National Guard Armory ar 2096 Kelley Island Road in Martinsburg.September 26, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin today joined West Virginia Department of Transportation Secretary Paul Mattox and Terry Miller, executive director of the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority to report on the progress of the governor’s highw...September 18, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin this week formally requested that the U.S. Small Business Administration issue a physical disaster declaration in response to the Sept. 10 fire that destroyed the Milton Flea Market in Cabell County. If the declaration is approved, it ...September 12, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin this evening has signed a proclamation declaring a state of emergency in preparation for fallout from Hurricane Ike, which is threatening Texas’ Gulf Coast.
The declaration allows West Virginia to have in place emergency response me...September 10, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin today issued a proclamation, in accordance with a presidential proclamation, ordering U.S. and state flags at all state facilities to be displayed at half-staff Thursday, Sept. 11 to honor the victims of the Sept. ...August 28, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- After learning from the commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Agriculture that many farmers continue to suffer from losses of crops due to June flooding in north central West Virginia, Gov. Joe Manchin has asked the secre...August 19, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gov. Joe Manchin along with West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services Commissioner Sandy Vanin today presented 17 new hot/cold delivery trucks that will be used to provide meals to West Virginia senior citizens statewide.
“Many sen...August 18, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia School Building Authority has sold approximately $103 million in excess lottery revenue bonds, resulting in substantial funding to improve the state’s public school facilities. This is the first bond issue for ongo...August 04, 2008MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today said he will introduce legislation to ensure that West Virginians receive direct benefits from the construction and operation of a 500-kilovolt electric transmission line that the West Virginia Public Service...August 01, 2008The August 2008 Open for Business report highlights projects and related announcements that will assist with the creation of new jobs and the preservation of a significant number of existing jobs.
Nation’s first modern coal-to-liquids plant to be buil...August 01, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today awarded 24 local Solid Waste Management grants totaling $340,000 to assist local Solid Waste Authorities with litter control and recycling efforts across the state.
Administered by the Solid Waste Managemen...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 28, 2008BENWOOD, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today joined Sen. Jay Rockefeller, with support from Sen. Robert C. Byrd and West Virginia’s Congressional delegation, and officials from CONSOL Energy, Synthesis Energy Systems (SES) and the Regional Economic Developm...July 22, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- After seven years as the West Virginia commissioner of banking, Larry A. Stark announced his resignation will be effective Aug.4, 2008.
Stark was appointed commissioner in 2001 by former Gov. Bob Wise, and he has presided over a ...July 21, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today encouraged all West Virginians to log-on and vote for Parkersburg this Wednesday – allowing the West Virginia city to claim the title of ESPN cable sports network’s competition known as “TitleTown USA.”
“Vote...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...July 15, 2008FAIRMONT, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today joined officials from the West Virginia National Guard, the City of Fairmont and Marion County to announce that construction of a new multipurpose National Guard armory here will move forward, thanks to a land p...June 30, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today announced his intention to appoint Ray Lane, Managing Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), to the West Virginia University Board of Governors. The appointment will be for four years and will bec...June 25, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today announced his intention to appoint Dr. Charles M. Vest to the West Virginia University Board of Governors. The appointment will be for four years and will become effective July 1.“Dr. Vest is a world-renown...June 19, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin this afternoon received word that President George Bush has approved federal disaster assistance for a majority of the counties requested by the governor last week. The federal disaster declaration follows severe w...June 13, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today announced his appointment of Keith Gwinn as the new director of the West Virginia Division of Veterans Affairs effective June 16.
Gwinn will replace Larry Linch, who will retire on June 15. Gwinn currently s...June 11, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin today sent a request to President Bush asking him to declare a major disaster for 11 West Virginia counties, making them eligible for federal disaster recovery assistance. The counties in this federal request include Barbour, Clay, Cal...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).June 06, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin this morning released the following statement about the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination:
“I have had the opportunity to speak directly with Sen. Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton and they both wanted me to con...June 06, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin this morning released the following statement upon learning about WVU President Mike Garrison’s decision to step down:
“I have always respected Mike Garrison’s commitment to public service, but never more so than today. He has made a...June 06, 2008After touring flood-affected areas in central West Virginia and other parts of the state, and witnessing substantial damage, Gov. Joe Manchin has expanded the state of emergency declared June 4, 2008, to six additional counties and the surrounding regi...June 04, 2008Due to severe thunderstorms and heavy, sustained rains that have disrupted transportation and caused considerable flooding, mudslides, downed trees and property damage in the north-central part of the state, Gov. Joe Manchin today declared a state of e...June 03, 2008In response to soaring diesel fuel costs that are causing financial hardships on many in-state trucking companies, Gov. Joe Manchin has asked the commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles to grant truckers a two-month grace period be...May 23, 2008In response to a Freedom of Information Act Request from the Sierra Club of West Virginia, the Governor’s Office has released information on a proposed transmission tax that Gov. Joe Manchin intends to pursue should either the federal government or the...May 23, 2008Following a federal proclamation issued by President George W. Bush on May 22, Gov. Joe Manchin today issued a proclamation ordering all state flags, along with all United States flags, be displayed at half staff from dawn through noon Monday, May 26, ...May 21, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin today announced three Land and Water Conservation Fund grant awards totaling $220,000 to the cities of New Martinsville, Ronceverte and Williamstown for community development projects.
New Martinsville received $20,000 to enclose an e...May 19, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin today released the following statement about the continuing discussions regarding the report from the independent panel examining the E-MBA program and his daughter’s degree at West Virginia University.
"As a father, I must admit that...May 16, 2008Our seniors have contributed to West Virginia throughout their lives, and we owe it to them to provide fair taxation options that can help them enjoy the quality of life they deserve. By providing options that allow senior citizens to choose when they ...May 09, 2008This past week, I had the opportunity to take part in a pair of announcements that reminded me that businesses are taking West Virginia seriously by making smart, long-term business investments here.
The nation's largest independent natural gas compa...May 08, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin today announced additional recommendations of 10 projects totaling more than $5 million in grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Investment Program.April 10, 2008Government 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.April 09, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin today reminded West Virginia senior citizens, veterans, low-income individuals and railroad retirees to file their federal income taxes by April 15 if they want to quickly receive a federal economic stimulus package payment.April 04, 2008Gov. Manchin was out of town on a previously scheduled business trip today but spoke by mobile telephone with representatives from today's protest and issued this statement after their teleconference...March 13, 2008After six years with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Cabinet Secretary Stephanie R. Timmermeyer announced today that she is stepping down, effective July 1, 2008.March 12, 2008Gov. 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...March 12, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin today urged West Virginians to file their 2007 federal income tax returns so they can receive the Federal Economic Stimulus payments that Congress passed and the president signed in February.March 11, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin and First Lady Gayle Manchin invite children from across the state to join in the third annual Easter Egg Hunt from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, March 15, on the East Lawn and West Lawn of the State Capitol.February 21, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin today asked the West Virginia Housing Development Fund directors to put together a stimulus plan that would encourage more first-time homebuyers in West Virginia and help to prevent the housing slump here that has plagued the overall U...February 20, 2008Each year, Gov. Joe Manchin honors outstanding individuals, organizations and businesses for extraordinary service to their communities through his Governor's Service Awards.February 14, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin today announced that Otis Cox has been named the director of the West Virginia Division of Personnel effective Feb. 19. |
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