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2026 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams Announced (10)
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, June 13 -- The American Baseball Coaches Association issued the following news:
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2026 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams Announced
The 2026 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America teams have been announced and feature 11 student-athletes who are participating in the 2026 NCAA Div. I College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. ABCA/Rawlings All-Region first team selections, which were announced June 9, were eligible for All-America honors.
First recognized in 1949, the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-Americ more PR
BLS Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report on County Employment and Wages in West Virginia Fourth Quarter 2025 (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 12 (TNSLrpt) -- County Employment and Wages in West Virginia Fourth Quarter 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mid-Atlantic Region
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Employment declined 0.5 percent in West Virginia's only large county, Kanawha, from December 2024 to December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Lori Keller noted that the rate of employment growth in Kanawha ranked 236th among the 366 largest U.S. counties with published data. (See tabl more PR
BLS Southwest Region Issues Report on Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions March 2026 (10)
DALLAS, Texas, June 12 (TNSLrpt) -- Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions March 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southwest Region
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Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $41.59 per hour in the South to $54.61 in the Northeast in March 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In the other two regions, hourly employer costs for employee compensation stood at $43.82 in the Midwest and $51.16 in the more PR
Capito Applauds Passage of Women's Lung Cancer Prevention Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release:
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Capito Applauds Passage of Women's Lung Cancer Prevention Bill
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), applauded the unanimous Senate passage of the Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act. U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) joined Senator Capito in i more PR
Customer Service Workers at DirecTV Reach Tentative Agreement Covering Nearly 300 Workers (10)
WASHINGTON, June 12 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America posted the following news release:
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Customer Service Workers at DirecTV Reach Tentative Agreement Covering Nearly 300 Workers
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Highlights of the tentative agreement include wage increases, improved working conditions providing an increase in time between calls, and more.
Huntington, W.Va. - DirecTV workers, represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA), have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract that covers 300 customer ser more PR
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Names PJM Among Top 100 Adoption-Friendly Workplaces (10)
VALLEY FORGE, Pennsylvania, June 9 -- PJM Interconnection, a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity, issued the following news release:
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Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Names PJM Among Top 100 Adoption-Friendly Workplaces
PJM Ranked Second Among Energy and Utility Companies
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PJM Interconnection announced today that it has been recognized as one of the top 100 adoption-friendly workplaces by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
PJM ranks second among energy and utility compa more PR
EEOC Sues Eastern Shore Healthcare Provider for Sex Discrimination (10)
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release:
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EEOC Sues Eastern Shore Healthcare Provider for Sex Discrimination
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Federal lawsuit claims TidalHealth applied sex-discriminatory standards to employee
BALTIMORE -TidalHealth, operator of the TidalHealth McCready Pavilion, a medical services and assisted living facility in Crisfield on Maryland's Eastern Shore, violated federal law when it disciplined and fired a female employee for conduct for which it did not discipline or termin more PR
Governor Morrisey Announces More Than $17 Million in Economic Enhancement Grants for Infrastructure Projects Across West Virginia (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 12 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news:
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Governor Morrisey Announces More Than $17 Million in Economic Enhancement Grants for Infrastructure Projects Across West Virginia
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. \- Governor Patrick Morrisey today announced that the West Virginia Water Development Authority (WDA) has approved more than $17 million in Economic Enhancement Grant (EEG) funding for infrastructure projects in Mason, Morgan, and Wood counties. The projects include sewer system expan more PR
Governor Morrisey Appoints Erin Hunter as West Virginia Insurance Commissioner (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 12 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news:
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Governor Morrisey Appoints Erin Hunter as West Virginia Insurance Commissioner
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. \- Governor Patrick Morrisey today announced the appointment of Erin Hunter as Commissioner of the West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner, effective July 1, 2026. Hunter will succeed Commissioner Allan L. McVey, who is retiring after nearly a decade of service to the state.
"Erin Hunter has spent more than a decade serv more PR
Virginia Tech: Ancient Millipedes Still Had Secrets to Tell (10)
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 13 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
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Ancient millipedes still had secrets to tell
Researchers completed the first evolutionary history of Earth's first land animals, pushing their origins tens of millions of years deeper into the past.
By Marya Barlow and James Mason
Long before vertebrates walked on land, millipedes had the place to themselves.
Hundreds of millions of years before dinosaurs arrived, these early decomposers were helping establish Earth's terrestrial ecosystems. But desp more PR
W.Va. Secretary of State Kris Warner Announces Certification of 2026 Mid-Term Primary Election, Full Primary Election Report to Be Released Later This Summer (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 13 -- West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner issued the following news:
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Secretary of State Kris Warner Announces Certification of 2026 Mid-Term Primary Election; Full Primary Election Report to be Released Later This Summer
Yesterday, June 10, 2026, the last of West Virginia's 55 counties certified the results of the 2026 Primary Election. With certification complete, all elections are certified except those that are pending election contest proceedings.
In the 2026 Primary Election, 252,008 out of more PR
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