Donald Trump’s own former vice president, Mike Pence, says there’s no way he could endorse him. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, who endorsed Trump’s re-election bid weeks ago, suggests Pence doesn’t have it right. “I think that West Virginians, amazingly in large, large numbers ...
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council conducted its first meeting in Monongalia County Commission Chambers on July 19, 2022. After nearly two years as the county’s guest, council is eager to once again conduct city business in Morgantown City Hall. Assistant City Manager Emily ...
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, following a national news report about the slim possibility that he could still run for his current seat as an independent, said there’s no way. Mostly no way. Manchin said of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, “He knows I’ve already made mydecision. I’m happy with my decision.” CNN reported this week that Schumer had talked with Manchin about the possibility of running as an independent for U.S. Senate, a decision that could be made late in the cycle. That story made clear that Manchin “threw cold water” on the possibility — but ...
Applications are open for 11 arts grants through the West Virginia Commission on the Arts of the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History. These grant programs are available for artists, local governments and not-for-profit organizations with an arts-related mission. Funding for these programs is made possible by the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, West Virginia State Legislature and Volunteer West Virginia. The deadline for submission through the State Arts Office’s online grants portal, GOapply, is 11:59 p.m. April 1. A ...
Delegate Joe Statler was at an education conference out of state when he heard the governor vetoed a bill intended to provide $2 million support groundbreaking research at West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute. Statler, R-Monongalia, was gobsmacked. “You talk about something that caught me completely off guard,” he said. His colleague, Delegate John Williams, heard about the veto by text message. “I thought that it was a joke because I was so shocked by it,” said Williams, D-Monongalia. “When you think about the applications of this ...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), chair of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced a total of $13,800,000 in funding through the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office for two projects at West Virginia University Research Corp. to ...
