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Cameron Doctor Named to West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine’s Board of Directors
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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A Cameron doctor is the newest appointee to the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Board of Directors, Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s office announced Tuesday. Norman E. Wood Jr. has been appointed to the board, Morrisey said. Wood graduated...
A famous start in West Virginia
The Pocahontas Times - West Virginia
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August 27, 2025
Beckley native Chris Sarandon was one of many celebrity guests at the March Galaxycon convention in Richmond, Virginia. In addition to meeting fans and signing autographs, Sarandon participated in a panel with his co-star Cary Elwes, from the film...
RFK Jr. publicly backs West Virginia governor upholding religious exemptions for vaccines
LifeSite
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August 27, 2025
News Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged to enforce conscience protections for families amid health protocols such as vaccines. (LifeSiteNews) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has come out in support of West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s executive order...
HHS warns West Virginia: $1.37 billion at risk over vaccine religious exemptions
Natural News
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August 26, 2025
HHS warns West Virginia it could lose $1.37 billion in federal health funding for violating federal religious freedom laws on vaccine exemptions. West Virginia’s Department of Education defied the governor’s executive order allowing religious...
Lawsuit notice made over privatization of West Virginia long-term care facility
WCHS - West Virginia
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Notice of a lawsuit has been made, in an attempt to prevent the sale of a long-term care facility in West Virginia to an out-of-state development group. A letter of intent to file civil action was sent to Gov. Patrick...
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife shares what you need to know as deer hunting season begins
WNKY - Kentucky
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September 8, 2025
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Starting Sept. 6, deer hunting season officially opened for hunters in the state of Kentucky, and hunters are now taking to the woods to look for their prizes. However, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife has its eyes on the future and...
Armstead, West Virginia Supreme Court justice, dead at 60
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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Photo Courtesy/WV Supreme Court of Appeals Then-Chief Justice Tim Armstead welcomes new lawyers into the West Virginia State Bar during an admissions ceremony in 2024 CHARLESTON – Tim Armstead, a justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court and the...
Coal miner killed in southern West Virginia
MetroNews - West Virginia
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August 26, 2025
WHITESVILLE, W.Va. — A Logan County man has been killed in an accident today in a southern West Virginia coal mine. The West Virginia Office of Miner’s Health, Safety, and Training confirms Eric Bartram, 41, of Chapmanville was killed on the job...
Raleigh County chiropractor appointed to West Virginia Board of Chiropractic
Lootpress - West Virginia
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August 26, 2025
CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Governor Patrick Morrisey has appointed Dr. Michael Kominsky of Daniels to the West Virginia Board of Chiropractic. Dr. Kominsky brings nearly four decades of experience as a chiropractic physician to the position. A...
Marshall Health Network’s chief population health officer talks data, value-based care and new opportunities with AI
Healthcare Dive
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September 2, 2025
I believe one of the reasons for only incremental growth of value-based care is the lack of access health systems have to timely, comprehensive data and the actionable insights required to effectively manage the care of a patient population....
Trump administration orders West Virginia to remove gender ideology from sex ed materials
Lootpress - West Virginia
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August 26, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LOOTPRESS) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has directed West Virginia, along with 45 other states and territories, to remove all references to gender ideology from federally-funded Personal Responsibility...
19-year-old dead following vehicle crash in West Virginia
Lootpress - West Virginia
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August 26, 2025
BERKELEY COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A tragic accident claimed the life of a Hedgesville man and left another critically injured Monday night. West Virginia State Police in Martinsburg responded shortly after 9:30 p.m. on August 25 to a crash on the...
Wildlife center sees uptick in birds showing signs of West Nile virus
CBS 2 Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
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As West Nile virus continues to be a concern in the Pittsburgh area, wildlife rehabbers are seeing an uptick in sick birds. Within the last few weeks, Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh's Wildlife Rehabilitation Center has been seeing a lot of...
University transitioning 507 Research Corporation employees
The Dominion Post - West Virginia
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September 8, 2025
MORGANTOWN — More than 500 employees of the West Virginia University Research Corporation will transition to direct university employment, effective Oct. 31. A Workers’ Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice included on...
Pharmacies are not offering Covid-19 shots in 16 states as unclear guidance from FDA leaves them in limbo
The Independent
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August 30, 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...
RFK, Trump administration, shares support with West Virginia on religious vaccination exemptions
WTRF - West Virginia
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August 25, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WTRF) — West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey on Monday thanked the Trump Administration and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for backing his push to allow religious exemptions from mandatory...
Raleigh County judge agrees to consolidate West Virginia vaccine lawsuits
The Register-Herald - West Virginia
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CHARLESTON — The judge in a Raleigh County lawsuit against the state and county boards of education over their defiance of Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s executive order concerning school-required vaccines has agreed to consolidate that case with a...
Townhall meeting takes bipartisan steps toward benefitting West Virginia
WOWK - West Virginia
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August 25, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Over 250 people filed into the Women’s Club of Charleston on Sunday afternoon under one united idea: to hear out the other side. The Building Bridges Townhall was a bipartisan meeting with the goal of working together...
West Virginia taps McDaniel for state health officer
The Register-Herald - West Virginia
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CHARLESTON — Mark McDaniel, a doctor of osteopathic medicine who recently retired as state air surgeon for the West Virginia National Guard, will be the next state health officer, the Department of Health announced Thursday afternoon. “The role of...
Route 50 westbound partially reopens after vehicle accident, one injured
WDTV 5 - West Virginia
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September 8, 2025
CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) - (UPDATE 7:24 p.m.) - One lane has now been reopened on Route 50 WB near mile marker 75. --- Route 50 westbound is completely shut down at this time due to a vehicle accident. The accident appears to have occurred between...