CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital is now West Virginia’s first breast milk dispensary, providing screened donor milk to local families. The hospital has collected more than 17,500 ounces since becoming the state’s first milk depot in 2025.
The WVDEP is accepting public comments on draft restoration plans for impaired streams in the Upper Elk River watershed and the Eastern Panhandle. A virtual public hearing is set for September 15, and comments are due September 28.
Registration is open for West Virginia’s Becoming an Outdoors Woman workshop, Sept. 25–27 at Cacapon Resort State Park. The $225 event offers more than 20 hands-on classes in hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation for women of all skill levels.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey celebrated the opening of North Central West Virginia Airport’s new passenger terminal, designed to expand air service and spur regional growth. The state also provided nearly $2 million to help complete a connecting taxiway.
West Virginians are invited to help design the new WV Office of Entrepreneurship logo. Concepts, descriptions or finished designs reflecting the state’s entrepreneurial spirit are due Aug. 31 by email to ltaylor@wvsos.gov.
A 114-count federal indictment charges 28 people in an alleged drug trafficking and money laundering network spanning Detroit and Morgantown. Investigators seized methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, cash and 10 firearms.
WVU aerospace engineering alum Stephen Jacobs turned a childhood dream into a high-stakes career at SpaceX’s Starbase. As a launch operations engineer and flight controller, he helps fly—and catch—rockets, drawing on lessons from WVU’s championship rover team.
Rick Miller became the first person in the United States to receive endoscopic ultrasound-guided microwave ablation for a pancreatic lesion. Nearly a year later, three PET scans have shown no evidence of active disease.
WVU’s 2026 Ruby Fellows, Logan Gold and Chyanne Reid, will receive funding to advance research in space systems and patient advocacy. Their work aims to improve environmental monitoring, robotics and how patients understand diagnoses.
The 2026 Golf and Sporting Clays Classic raised more than $100,000 to support WVU Cancer Institute patients. The money benefits the Live Like Brent Comfort Fund and the Connection 304 Fund.
