Groundbreaking ceremony for WVU Medicine PCH campus
Officials gathered at the Virginia Avenue site in Bluefield for a $25 million health care campus groundbreaking to serve a 10 county region across parts of West Virginia and Virginia. Karen Bowling, president of Princeton Community Hospital, highlighted the project’s importance for Mercer County and the community’s need for state-of-the-art behavioral health and emergency services.
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Tara Wyatt
Bluefield
WVU Medicine
Princeton Community Hospital
Ron Martin
Rusty Sarver
PCH Board
PCH
Karen Bowling
Albert L. Wright Jr
West Virginia
Virginia
Behavioral Health
Route 460
Princeton Community Hospital Pres
Mercer County
System Board
Albert Wright
System
Bowling
Wvu
Tazewell denies sanctuary designation by DHS
Tazewell officials say they were inaccurately labeled a sanctuary jurisdiction by the Department of Homeland Security. Town Manager LeeAnn Regon notes no official letter, only an email between the chief of police and DHS stating the list was pulled and Tazewell will be removed from future iterations. DHS has not responded formally and the list page now shows a not found error.
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Tazewell
Department of Homeland Security
LeeAnn Regon
Homeland Security
Regon
Tion
Regan
Tazewell County
DHS
Associated Press
Eric Young
NIOSH Workers Return After Court Order Freezes Terminations
Fifty employees at the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Respiratory Health Division were reinstated following a federal court certification. The move fulfills a court order from Judge Trene Berger and cites pre April 1 RHD staff as those returning, amid broader Department of Government Efficiency cost cuts.
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National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety
Respiratory Health
RHD
NIOSH
Federal
Department of Government Efficiency
John J. Howard
U.S. District Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
U.S
Trene Berger
A-5
Justice backs whole milk for school meals act
West Virginia Senator Jim Justice co sponsors the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 to bring back whole milk and 2 percent milk to National School Lunch Program schools. The measure has bipartisan support and backing from Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr who urged programs to switch from low fat to full fat milk. Current USDA dietary guidelines restrict such options while the bill pushes for a change.
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Jim Justice
West Virginia
Justice
Health
Robert F. Kennedy Jr
United States Department
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