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Eric Douglas

Charleston

News Director, @wvpublicnews

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  • Wheeling Native Receives Ellis Island Honor - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

    6 days ago | wvpublic.org | Eric Douglas

    Every professional sports program has a concussion protocol that dictates when a player can return to the roster. One of the two doctors who developed the program is from the Wheeling area. And that is just one of his many accomplishments. This weekend, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital neurosurgeon Dr. Joe Maroon is receiving an Ellis Island Medal of Honor. The ceremony will be held in the same great hall that both sets of his grandparents walked through when they came to America from Poland and Lebanon.

  • School Vaccine Exemptions Continue To Stir Controversy - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

    1 week ago | wvpublic.org | Eric Douglas

    A bill to allow religious and philosophical exemptions to school entry vaccines like measles, mumps, rubella and polio failed in the legislature, but an executive order signed by Gov. Patrick Morrisey remains in place that does allow those exemptions.

  • Federal Grants Support W.Va. Food Chain - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

    1 week ago | wvpublic.org | Eric Douglas

    Eleven new grants have been awards to boost resilience in the state’s food supply. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture announced more than $3.3 million in grant awards through the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). The largest grant, of more than $600,000 goes to Devil’s Due Distillery in Kearneysville for distillery equipment to expand their capacity.

  • Capito Asks RFK Jr. To Restore Miner’s Safety Agency - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

    3 weeks ago | wvpublic.org | Eric Douglas

    Sen. Shelley Moore Capito sent a letter Tuesday to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., asking him to restore the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Morgantown. At the beginning of April, as part of the Trump Administration’s effort to significantly reduce the federal workforce, HHS cut a number of agencies under its umbrella. NIOSH was one of those cuts.

  • Justice Walker Announces Retirement From State High Court - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

    3 weeks ago | wvpublic.org | Eric Douglas

    Justice Beth Walker today announced her retirement from the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Her last day will be June 27. “While serving the people of West Virginia has been the greatest honor of my life, I now do my part to usher in a new generation of leadership while spending more time with my family, friends, and pursuing other interests,” Walker said. Walker is currently the longest-serving justice on the Supreme Court.

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