CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 1 -- Appalachian Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power today submitted Expanded Net Energy Cost (ENEC) and Vegetation Management Program (VMP) filings to the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC). The ENEC filing ensures the companies are reimbursed on a dollar-for-dollar basis for coal and natural gas to fuel power plants and for purchased power. The VMP reimburses the compan  more

ATHENS, West Virginia, May 2 -- Concord University issued the following news release: The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) has reviewed and approved three new certificate programs to be offered at Concord University beginning this fall, including Child Welfare (undergraduate level), Human Resource Management (graduate level), and Geographic Information Systems (undergraduate level). Students who earn the Child Welfare Certificate will be competent in the use and application of social work skil  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, May 2 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: The Marshall University Japanese Outreach Program, housed in the Marshall University Research Corporation, continues its mission to foster cultural understanding and education by engaging with local elementary and middle schools. Since February 2023, the program has visited over 30 schools, reaching more than 1,000 students across the region. Over the past year, the Japanese Outreach Program expanded its  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, May 2 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news on May 1, 2024: Two WVU School of Nursing faculty members, Amy Ankrom and Mike Bellisario, will be presenting workshops at the 18th Annual Social Work Summer Institute. Both Ankrom and Bellisario will be presenting in areas that represent unique perspectives that will inform the work of social service and community health workers throughout Vietnam. Ankrom, a ps  more

WEST LIBERTY, West Virginia, May 2 -- West Liberty University issued the following news: Marketing and Business Major Ishika Agarwal has earned the distinguished honor of delivering the student address at West Liberty University's Spring Commencement. The ceremony will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 4. Agarwal, from Hyderabad, India, is a double major in marketing and business from the Gary E. West College of Business with a minor in finance. At West Liberty, she served as the President of  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 1 -- The West Virginia Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) is taking advantage of funding opportunities provided by the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to renovate or replace several city-owned bridges in Huntington. A unique provision of the IIJA bridge program, signed into law in November 2021, allows the state to spend at least 15 percent of the state's tot  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, May 2 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: Two WVU School of Nursing Beckley Campus students recently joined the 2024 Women's Leadership Summit alongside Campus Chair Hillary Parcell. Madison Perdue and Destiny Redden attended the event, held March 19-20 at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs. This year's event featured expert speakers, interactive workshops, networking opportunities and a phila  more