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Spinnaker Insurance proposes rate increase for approximately 20 West Virginia customers
The Spinnaker Insurance Company, last month, requested authorization from the office of the West Virginia Tax Commissioner to increase their customers’ liability rates by 21.99%. The increase would impact approximately 20 customers in West Virginia. As is required by code anytime an insurance provider wishes to raise their rates,...
SeaLand Encounters hosts educational Shark Show at State Fair of West Virginia
FAIRLEA, WV (WVNS) – Brave fairgoers got the chance to get up close and personal with some creatures from the deep. SeaLand Encounters is hosting a live Shark Show featuring two Nurse Sharks. All of the sharks they work with are raised in captivity, and some of them (like Rosita, who was rescued from living […]
23rd Annual Ride for Life Begins in Clarksburg Aug. 17
The 23rd Annual Ride for Life is coming up Saturday, Aug. 17 with all proceeds benefiting The American Cancer Society. Registration at Texas Roadhouse on Emily Drive, Clarksburg, WV will take place from 10 a.m. to noon. Breakfast, courtesy of Texas Roadhouse, will be available. Tickets for a 50/50 drawing and raffles will be sold.
Anmoore, Philippi to receive millions for sewer & water projects
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Two towns in North Central West Virginia will receive at least $1 million to upgrade their sewer and water systems. The West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council announced $21.4 million in funding for projects statewide Monday, and Anmoore and Philippi are included. The WV IJDC...
Just for Kids Child Advocacy Center receives donation from Ashley Furniture
BECKLEY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Local organizations joined together in the interest of the greater good last week when Ashley Furniture contributed multiple pieces of furniture to the Just For Kids Child Advocacy Center’s Trudy’s House location in Beckley. The contribution, which included a couch and chair set, came as a result of a chance meeting […]
2024 LIV Golf Greenbrier field: LIV Golf players, rankings
The 2024 LIV Golf Greenbrier field is set with the passing of the typical Friday entry deadline. The LIV Golf field is set for this event, played at The Old White Course at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., from Aug. 16-18, 2024. The LIV Golf Greenbrier field...
Woman pleaded guilty to money laundering in Bluefield
BLUEFIELD, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Anna Marie Omar, 50, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, pleaded guilty today to money laundering for handling funds from a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. Omar acknowledged that she illegally secured a $20,833 PPP loan, which was backed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and […]
Learn about new Research Administration system
The Research Office is offering sessions for the community to learn about features of the new system that will replace WVU+kc, the WVU Research Administration Portal. The sessions are in preparation for the Jan. 13 launch of Grants, Agreements, Conflict of Interest and WVCTSI Clinical Trial Center of Excellence. Sessions...
Audra Water Rescue Sees Out-of-State Medical Flight
According to the Belington Volunteer Fire Department, on Saturday, August 10 at 2:50 p.m., several agencies were alerted to Audra State Park for a water rescue. The information from the BVFD, in a social media post, was that once on scene, it was determined that a male patient had dove off of a rock,
West Virginia State University Researcher Awarded $1.2 million National Science Foundation Grant
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) researcher Dr. Sanju Sanjaya, director of WVSU’s Energy and Environmental Science Institute has been awarded a prestigious $1,279,407 Excellence in Research (EiR) grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This grant recognizes Sanjaya’s groundbreaking research into the processes that control...
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