PARKERSBURG - Leadership at the Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau is changing. Mark Lewis, president and CEO of the tourism bureau for the past 14 years, is retiring on Nov. 1. Autumn Henthorn, who has been with the bureau for nine years, will become interim ...
MARIETTA – The vascular surgery team at Memorial Health System has received a three-star Commitment to Vascular Quality Improvement Award from the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative. The award recognizes the health system’s continued commitment to advancing the quality of vascular care, according to a release from Memorial. Three stars is the highest level available through the Commitment to Vascular Quality Improvement Awards program. “Our vascular care team leverages VQI data to evaluate the effectiveness of our program, identify opportunities for ...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – A bill that became law without the signature of Gov. Patrick Morrisey earlier this year to improve access and affordability for childcare is helping, but panelists at a business-focused summit this week said more help is needed. The West Virginia Chamber of ...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – The second day of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 90th Annual Meeting and Business Summit started off with a focus on energy and the state's two U.S. senators suggesting the nation should turn to the Mountain State once again. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and ...
DAVIS – A Tucker County grassroots group of local citizens and two conservation groups are asking for their concerns about a proposed data center to be heard in court, following the state Intermediate Court of Appeals' issuing of two procedural dismissals. The two Tucker United appeals cases regarded the state Department of Environmental Protection’s granting of an air quality permit for a proposed Fundamental Data power plant and data center near Davis. “These decisions have been about which court should hear our cases, not whether Fundamental Data's air permit is valid or ...
PARKERSBURG – Coplin Health Systems is receiving a nearly $116,000 grant to help expand dental care capacity and access in the region. The organization announced Friday that it had been awarded a $115,796.42 grant from the Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund for Health to support the Wirt County Oral Health Access Initiative. According to a release from Coplin, significant barriers to dental care persist in the region, including limited provider availability and transportation challenges. The grant will fund the addition of new dental workspaces and equipment at Coplin’s Wirt ...
