DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 3 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Gov. Kim Reynolds was recently named a 2024 Public Official of the Year by Governing Magazine. For a quarter century, the publication has honored a group of bipartisan public servants across the country who have made a positive, lasting impact on the people of their cities, counties, or states through dedication and difference-making efforts. Gov. Reynolds is the only governor to be named to this year's li  more

BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Oct. 2 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news: Two West Virginia Wesleyan College School of Nursing juniors have been accepted into the Aspiring Nurses Program through WVU Medicine St. Joseph's Hospital and have agreed to start their nursing careers with WVU Medicine upon graduation. Hailey Pugh '26, of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, and Emily Tackett '26 of Cassidy, West Virginia, will receive up to $25,000 over the next two years. Upon compl  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 3 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Gov. Jim Justice delivered a $500,000 check today to the Bob Burdette Center to support the expansion of its afterschool program, as it launches a new two-year pilot initiative focused on improving tutoring access for at-risk students in Kanawha County. The pilot program will serve two schools on Charleston's West Side, Mary C. Snow Elementary and Edgewood Elementary, both located in econ  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 3 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced his Office's Unclaimed Property Division returned more than $94,000 to benefit the New River Health Association in Fayette County. "I am proud my Office was able to return this large sum of money back to New River Health," Treasurer Moore said. "This is a facility that is committed to providing essential health services to  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 3 -- The West Virginia Department of Health issued the following news: The West Virginia Department of Health is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the West Virginia EMS for Children Pediatric Symposium, which took place from September 30 to October 2, 2024, at the Boy Scouts of America's Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope. This event aimed to enhance emergency medical care for West Virginia's youngest residents, ensuring that pediatric patients r  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Oct. 3 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: When Rich Ashburn discovered a gifted and talented magnet school during his search for a student teaching position, the West Virginia University alumnus had no idea it would affect the path of his future career. Ashburn graduated as a first-generation college student from WVU in 1993, completing a Master of Public Health with an emphasis in social and behavior  more