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News Tipoffs - West Virginia Editors Newsletter for 2026-06-26 ( 13 items )  
2026 ABCA/ATEC National Coaches of the Year Announced (10)
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, June 25 -- The American Baseball Coaches Association issued the following news: * * * 2026 ABCA/ATEC National Coaches of the Year Announced The American Baseball Coaches Association and ATEC are proud to recognize the 2026 National Coaches of the Year in all collegiate and high school divisions. The ABCA/ATEC National and Regional Coaches of the Year are selected by members of the ABCA, with the process led by the ABCA All-America & Coach of the Year committees in all nine divisions: NCAA Divisions I, II and III,  more PR

Britne Bacca-Haupt, Tom McEwen and Matt Prsha receive UMSL Hero Awards (10)
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 25 -- The University of Missouri St. Louis campus posted the following news: * * * Britne Bacca-Haupt, Tom McEwen and Matt Prsha receive UMSL Hero Awards * This month's Hero Awards recipients are (from left) Britne Bacca-Haupt, the director of the Office of Student Enrichment and Achievement; Tom McEwen, lieutenant at the UMSL Police Department; and Matt Prsha, executive director of the Facilities Management Department. (Photos by Derik Holtmann) University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor Kristin Sobolik and her more PR

Chemours Reaches Agreement With U.S. EPA to Resolve Claims Relating to PFAS (10)
WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 26 -- Chemours, a provider of titanium technologies, fluoroproducts and chemical solutions, issued the following news release on June 24, 2026: * * * Chemours Reaches Agreement with U.S. EPA to Resolve Claims Relating to PFAS * The settlement resolves the federal government's claims relating to discharge of PFAS compounds across three current operating sites, as well as certain environmental claims by the State of West Virginia. * Chemours is expected to pay EPA and WVDEP a $22.5 million civil penalty over a three more PR

Congressman Riley M. Moore Applauds Completion of House Appropriations Committee Work on FY27 Funding Bills (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Riley M. Moore, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Riley M. Moore Applauds Completion of House Appropriations Committee Work on FY27 Funding Bills * Washington, D.C. - Congressman Riley M. Moore applauded the House Appropriations Committee for successfully advancing all 12 Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations bills through both the subcommittee and full committee process, marking a major step toward restoring regular order and fulfilling Congress's constitutional responsibility to fu more PR

Federal court sides with SNAP participants and blocks food restriction waivers in 5 states (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Science] -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest issued the following news release: * * * Federal court sides with SNAP participants and blocks food restriction waivers in 5 states * On June 22, 2026, a federal court blocked SNAP food restriction waivers in five states, finding that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) exceeded its legal authority when it approved demonstrations restricting what SNAP participants can purchase with their benefits. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled, in part, more PR

Illuminating Company Marks Reliability Milestone With Two New Transformers in Lakewood (10)
AKRON, Ohio, June 26 -- FirstEnergy issued the following news release: * * * The Illuminating Company Marks Reliability Milestone with Two New Transformers in Lakewood Equipment supports ongoing reliability improvements to help reduce outages for customers - LAKEWOOD, Ohio - FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) electric company The Illuminating Co. has reached a key milestone in its efforts to improve electric reliability in Lakewood and West Cleveland with the delivery of its first new transformer to the Lakewood Substation. Transformers are crit more PR

Inside the Headset Presented by CoachCommDeke Adams, Defensive Ends - West Virginia (10)
WACO, Texas, June 25 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * Inside the Headset Presented by CoachCommDeke Adams, Defensive Ends - West Virginia * On this week's episode of Inside the Headset - Presented by CoachComm, we're joined by Deke Adams, Defensive Ends Coach at West Virginia University. With coaching experience spanning multiple levels of football, Coach Adams shares insights from a career built on perseverance, strong relationships, and a commitment to growth. Throughout th more PR

James T. Woods Act Fights Online Child Exploitation That's Sweeping the Nation (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * The James T. Woods Act Fights Online Child Exploitation That's Sweeping the Nation * BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Online child exploitation, sextortion and violent online criminal networks like '764,' which coerce children into violent or suicidal acts, are sweeping the nation, impacting children across all 50 states. Each of the 56 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field offices are involved in tracking and investigating cases of online child e more PR

Missouri Attorney General Hanaway Leads Multi-State Effort to Protect Election Integrity Laws (10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, June 24 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following news release: * * * Missouri Attorney General Hanaway Leads Multi-State Effort to Protect Election Integrity Laws * Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway led a coalition of 23 states in filing an amicus brief in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to protect the integrity of our nation's elections. This action, filed in support of Indiana's voter ID law, seeks to preserve the constitutional rights of states to enact election integrit more PR

OSHA Funding Cuts Would Endanger Workers (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * OSHA Funding Cuts Would Endanger Workers Congress should reject the Trump administration's proposed cuts to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for FY 27, Public Citizen said in a letter sent to Senate appropriators. The Senate should maintain OSHA funding at no less than the FY 26 enacted level of $629.3 million, because anything less would compromise the agency's ability to fulfill its mission, Public Citizen said. more PR

Rep. Clyde, Sen. Lee Introduce End EPA Abuse Act (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Rep. Clyde, Sen. Lee Introduce End EPA Abuse Act Today, Representative Andrew Clyde (GA-09) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the End EPA Abuse Act, legislation to amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from abusing its regulatory authority. "Under the Biden Administration, the EPA increasingly treated the Clean Air Act as a blank check to push de facto electric vehicle mandates, jeopardi more PR

Sen. Lee Introduces End EPA Abuse Act (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Lee Introduces End EPA Abuse Act U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the End EPA Abuse Act to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from exercising undue authority to arbitrarily create and enforce policy decisions that rightly belong to Congress. The legislation is cosponsored by Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and its House version was introduced by Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-GA-09). The bill is endorsed by thirteen organizations and twenty  more PR

VA Community Care contributed more than $36B to local economies in FY 2025 (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release: * * * VA Community Care contributed more than $36B to local economies in FY 2025 * The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today announced it made more than $36 billion in payments to local healthcare providers across the country in fiscal year 2025 as part of the bipartisan VA MISSION Act. President Trump signed the MISSION Act in 2018 after it passed Congress with widespread bipartisan support. The law created a benefit that lets eligible V more PR