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Business community raises alarm over decreasing labor force participation in West Virginia
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s labor force participation rate peaked at 55% following an extreme drop following the COVID-19 pandemic, but a steady drop in both labor force participation and increases in unemployment caused the leader of the state’s...
West Virginia State Fair turns 100
The Inter-Mountain - West Virginia
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August 20, 2025
Photos by Toni Milbourne Members of the West Virginia Air National Guard were on hand to assist at the State Fair as well as to give information to attendees. Sen. and Mrs. Jim Justice dropped into the fairgrounds on Friday, along with Baby Dog,...
West Virginia groups urge Gov. Morrisey, Attorney General McCuskey to defend WV’s Solar for All program award
Appalachian Voice
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August 19, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 19, 2025 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, [email protected] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Today, a dozen West Virginia companies and organizations sent a letter to the offices of Gov. Patrick Morrisey and Attorney General J.B. McCuskey to...
e-WV The West Virginia Encyclopedia
The Parsons Advocate - West Virginia
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August 19, 2025
Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Aug. 20, 1851: The oldest statue in West Virginia, a nine-foot wood carving...
Express Scripts faces opioid lawsuit in West Virginia as class-action in Cambria County unfolds
The Tribune-Democrat - Pennsylvania
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The same pharmacy benefit management company that said it intends to drop a Johnstown pharmacy from insurance networks for not properly disclosing a past violation of dispensing a controlled substance is now facing allegations by the state of West...
West Virginia State Auditor touts re-negotiated contract with OpenGov
WSAZ - West Virginia
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August 19, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - West Virginia State Auditor Mark Hunt is touting a re-negotiated contract he says will save taxpayers millions of dollars. The office works with OpenGov, a software company aimed at improving government operations and...
West Virginia's BEAD Plan 94 Percent Fiber
Broadband Breakfast
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August 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, August 19, 2025 – Reports of fiber’s demise have been greatly exaggerated – at least in West Virginia. After redoing its spending plan, West Virginia is looking to get fiber to almost all of its eligible homes and businesses under the...
West Virginia’s Community and Technical Colleges expand artificial intelligence training while meeting other critical workforce needs
Moorefield Examiner - West Virginia
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August 19, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – With artificial intelligence (AI) job openings in the U.S. projected to grow into the hundreds of thousands over the next decade — and industries from healthcare to advanced manufacturing urgently seeking skilled workers — West...
West Virginia A.G. Office announces lawsuit against alleged "architect" of the opioid crisis, Express Scripts
WVOW - West Virginia
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August 19, 2025
West Virginia is suing pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts (now Evernorth Health), accusing the company of fueling the state's opioid crisis. Attorney General J.B. McCuskey alleges the company prioritized profits by weakening safeguards,...
West Virginia releases BEAD final proposal for public comment
Lootpress - West Virginia
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August 19, 2025
CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Governor Patrick Morrisey announced Tuesday that West Virginia’s Final Proposal for Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding is now available for public comment. The draft proposal was released August 19...
July jobs report shows concerning decline in West Virginia
WVVA - West Virginia
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August 19, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va . (WVVA) - A recent report showing a declining job market in the mountain state is causing concern with the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. The July 2025 jobs report from WorkForce West Virginia states that in one month the...
One in three businesses says they plan to raise prices as Trump’s tariffs begin and inflation grows
The Independent
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August 19, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
West Virginia Sues Express Scripts Over State’s Opioid Abuse Crisis
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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photo by: Steven Allen Adams Attorney General J.B. McCuskey called Express Scripts the true architect of West Virginia’s substance use disorder crisis during a press conference Monday announcing a federal civil lawsuit against the pharmacy benefit...
Do You Have Conviction in UGI Corp’s (UGI) Improved Financial Position?
Yahoo Finance
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Investment management company First Pacific Advisors recently released its “FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund” second-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the second quarter, the fund returned 8.60%...
State Fair of West Virginia concludes successful 100th anniversary
Weirton Daily Times - West Virginia
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100 YEARS – Guests entering the gates at the West Virginia State Fair were encouraged to take photos in front of the welcoming signage. -- Toni Milbourne FAIRLEA — The 100th State Fair of West Virginia, held from Aug. 7 to 16, concluded with...
West Virginia Joins Talent Lab
WCBC - Maryland
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August 19th, 2025 by WCBC Radio West Virginia is one of five states joining the Rural Talent Development and Attraction Lab, an effort to help workers build skills for good paying jobs without having to leave their communities. A $7 million dollar...
West Virginia AG files lawsuit against Express Scripts for role in opioid crisis
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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Attorney General J.B. McCuskey called Express Scripts the true architect of West Virginia’s substance use disorder crisis during a press conference Monday announcing a federal civil lawsuit against the pharmacy benefit management company. (Photo...
Private company that’s buying 4 state hospitals plans no patient or employee moves
WKMZ News - West Virginia
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August 19, 2025
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The recent sale of four state-run health care facilities to the Marx Development Group raised many questions and some of those are being answered. Paul PruittMajestic Care, an affiliate of Marx Development, will be operating...
Classes begin at West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s Innovation and Technology Center in Vienna
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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Bernadette Occilien, a junior at West Virginia University at Parkersburg, along with other students installed routers and switches as part of the first day of their cybersecurity class at the new Innovation and Technology Center in Vienna. (Photo...
West Virginia Sues Express Scripts Over Opioid Crisis
The Levisa Lazer - Kentucky
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August 18, 2025
McCuskey The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, accuses Express Scripts (now Evernorth Health) of conspiring with opioid manufacturers to deceptively market the drugs and manipulate...