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The North Central Advanced Technology Center in Marion County is like just one other community college learning center in the state. "We're very fortunate to have this sort of facility here in North Central West Virginia," said Dr. Johnny Moore, President of Pierpont Community and Technical College.
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin says he'll nominate 40? West Virginia students from 17 counties to the U.S. service academies after reviewing recommendations by a selection board that met last month. They include 10 nominees for the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and 10 to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
Dr. E. Gordon Gee, president of West Virginia University, is the guest speaker for the 80th Mountain State Forest Festival Distinguished Guest Dinner Thursday at the Elkins Recreation Center.
Tim Kaine has held public office off and on in some capacity since 1994 and has consistently pushed gun control for law-abiding citizens along the way. In 1994 Kaine was a Richmond City councilman.
The head of pharmaceutical company Mylan is defending the cost for life-saving EpiPens, signaling the company has no plans to lower prices despite a public outcry and questions from skeptical lawmakers. "Price and access exist in a balance, and we believe we have struck that balance," Heather Bresch says in prepared testimony released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ahead of her Wednesday appearance before the panel.
In this file photo, a pharmacist holds a package of EpiPens epinephrine auto-injector, a Mylan product, in Sacramento Mylan CEO Heather Bresch is defending the cost for life-saving EpiPens and is offering no suggestion that there are plans to lower prices. Bresch's prepared testimony was released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ahead of her Sept.
National broadcasters, anti-drug advocates and a bipartisan group of lawmakers this week unveiled a campaign to target opioid addiction, an effort that was partly inspired by a 2015 documentary on heroin addiction in Arizona. Arizona inspires broadcasters to target opioid addiction WASHINGTON - National broadcasters, anti-drug advocates and a bipartisan group of lawmakers this week unveiled a campaign to target opioid addiction, an effort that was partly inspired by a 2015 documentary on heroin addiction in Arizona.
A Waverly woman will be sharing her story and the story of other cancer patients and survivors during the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Leadership Summit and Lobby Day with federal officials on Sept. 13 in Washington, D.C. Lesa Hunter, of Waverly, will be among more than 700 cancer patients, survivors, volunteers and staff from across the country working on advocacy efforts to ask Congress to take specific steps to make cancer a national priority and help end a disease that still kills 1,600 people a day in the U.S. Hunter volunteers as the ASC CAN lead advocate for the Wood County area, often working through the ACS Cancer Resource Center at Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg.
Give Hillary Clinton credit for calling out Mylan NV for price-gouging on its Epi-Pen emergency allergy shot. While a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators initially raised a ruckus over the drug's 400 percent cost increase, it was Clinton's voice that brought pressure to bear on the company to reduce prices.
The controversy surrounding the skyrocketing costs of Mylan's EpiPens, medication that counteracts potentially deadly allergic reactions, is "a product of their own success," according to a Wall Street Journal reporter on the pharma beat. "For a long time, this wasn't a product that many people knew about or wanted and it's really a credit to Mylan for making it into a brand with a name that is as well-recognized and highly sought as Band-Aids," Jonathan Rockoff said on Friday's MetroNews "Talkline."
The mounting congressional scrutiny of pharmaceutical giant Mylan over its 400 percent price hike for EpiPen has created an awkward situation on Capitol Hill for Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin -- his daughter runs the company at the center of the scandal. Colleagues on both sides of the aisle, as well as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, are now slamming Mylan and demanding investigations into why prices were jacked so high on the lifesaving allergy treatment drug.
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin remained mum Wednesday as a pharmaceutical company run by his daughter faced mounting criticism for hiking prices on life-saving allergy injection pens. The Democratic West Virginia senator's daughter, Heather Bresch , is CEO of Mylan, the manufacturer of EpiPens.
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin remained mum Wednesday as a pharmaceutical company run by his daughter faced mounting criticism for hiking prices on life-saving allergy injection pens. The Democratic West Virginia senator's daughter, Heather Bresch, is CEO of Mylan, the manufacturer of EpiPens.
The chair of the Democratic National Committee "did the appropriate thing" by resigning, according to one of West Virginia's 18 pledged delegates for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders , a former Democratic presidential candidate, at this week's Democratic National Convention. Submitted in the wake of the release of hacked e-mails showing favoritism for presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton among DNC staffers during primary season, the resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, also a Florida congresswoman, will take effect when the Convention closes later this week in Philadelphia, Pa.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin are set to be Uber's first riders in West Virginia. The governor's office says Tomblin and Manchin are scheduled to take a short trip by Uber from the Capitol Market in Charleston to the state Capitol building on Tuesday.
Two of the biggest names in college football coaching are returning to their home state this week to help with flood relief efforts, including presenting area football programs with donations from major college programs. Alabama head coach Nick Saban, Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher and Florida State offensive line coach Rick Trickett will be making their way back to West Virginia this Wednesday, as they are scheduled to make a special presentation supporting area football programs who were affected by the devastating floods on June 23rd .
State First District Congressman David McKinley says the response to the Orlando shooting has focused too much on gun control and restricting the freedom of Americans rather than on stopping Islamic terrorism. The massacre left 49 dead and 53 wounded last Sunday when a man who pledged allegiance to ISIS opened fire in a gay nightclub.
Thousands of retired coal miners rallied Tuesday in Kentucky to call on Congress to protect their benefits as the industry struggles and operators seek bankruptcy protection from debts. United Mine Workers president Cecil Roberts told the gathering in Lexington of about 4,000 members from seven states that miners spent their lives working in dangerous places to provide the nation's electricity and steel.
Thousands of retired coal miners rallied Tuesday in Kentucky to call on Congress to protect their benefits as the industry struggles and operators seek bankruptcy protection from debts.