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Senior centers, providing in-home care to elderly, struggling amid West Virginia Medicaid troubles
Ebony Moore has been an in-home caregiver for elderly residents in Kanawha County for 17 years. It isn’t a job that pays a lot, she said, but for her, it has always been a passion. “It originated from me taking care of my family — my grandmother, my aunties,” said Moore, 48, who lives in […]
Toll Brothers Sell Virginia Property After Data Center Makes an Offer ‘It Couldn’t Refuse’
The extra cash and a strong first quarter have prompted the luxury home building to raise its full-year earnings guidance to between $13.25 and $13.75 per diluted share. Toll Brothers, based in Fort Washington, recently made an unexpected sale of a parcel of land in Virginia in what it is calling a “one-off,” saying it was an offer “it couldn’t refuse,” writes Dan Brendel and Michael Potter for the Philadelphia Business Journal.
MWHC’s new midwifery program aims to deliver an ‘intimate’ birthing experience
When Julie Weathers was sent to shadow a nurse midwife during her senior rotation in the maternity ward as a student at West Virginia University, she knew she had found her calling. “Being able to be with someone during a vulnerable time and help them is so rewarding,” said Weathers,...
4-ton, Big Idaho Potato will roll into Chambersburg Aug. 13 for Primanti Bros. anniversary
A truck-size Idaho potato will roll into Franklin County on Tuesday to help a business celebrate its first anniversary. "Is it real?" is emblazoned on the side of the Big Idaho Potato Truck, a semi-truck carrying a 4-ton potato made in Idaho. The Big Idaho Potato Tour and its "Tater...
West Virginia high schools win appeal on sports reclassifications
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Eleven West Virginia high schools have won their appeals to return to their original classifications for West Virginia high school football. The eleven schools that appealed their new classifications were Frankfort, John Marshall, Oak Hil, Petersburg, Preston, Sissonville, Spring Valley, St. Albans, St. Marys, Tyler Consolidated and Wayne. With the […]
False fall mornings with warmer afternoons become the norm this week
Tuesday, a warm front towards the west follows the Jet Stream south through Tennessee proving a few more clouds than Monday. A stray light shower early on with high pressure working in for the afternoon to clear us out. Temps remain muted with northeast winds 1-5mph falling just below average in the upper 70s. The […]
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 […]
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