PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 16 -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * * West Virginia PPO plans scored 4.5 out of possible 5 Stars * * * Parkersburg, W.Va. (October 15, 2024) -- Highmark announced today that its Freedom Blue (PPO) Medicare Advantage plans in West Virginia have achieved a 4.5 out of a possible 5 Star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the second year in a row. Medicare Advantage Plans ar  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Oct. 16 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: On Friday, October 11, 2024, the Lewis College of Business (LCOB) hosted a panel discussion on West Virginia's economic opportunities for a group of MBA students from Harvard Business School (HBS) and graduate students and faculty from the Brad D. Smith Graduate School of Business. The Harvard students' visit to Marshall was part of their West Virginia Career Trek. Career Treks are self-organized tours  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 16 -- The West Virginia Department of Human Services issued the following news on Oct. 15, 2024: The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), Bureau for Family Assistance (BFA) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) have been awarded a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Fraud Framework Implementation Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). The $331,424 grant will support coordinated eff  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 16 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: State Treasurer Riley Moore made a stop in Elkins on Wednesday, Oct. 9 to present three unclaimed property checks totaling nearly $40,000 to the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, the Elkins Police Department and the Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crime Task Force. "This unclaimed property funding comes from my Office's firearms auction held last month," Treasure  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 16 -- The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission recently convened dozens of faculty and other leaders from colleges and universities across the state to chart the course for implementing microcredentials, which are short, targeted learning experiences focused on specific skills designed to be more flexible and accessible than traditional degrees. Th  more

BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Oct. 15 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news: BUCKHANNON, West Virginia -West Virginia Wesleyan College President Dr. James Moore crowned new Homecoming Royalty during halftime of the WVWC football game Saturday. Savannah O'Shields '25, a marketing major from Bethany Beach, Delaware, and Cy Persinger '25, a business administration and economics major who plans to pursue his MBA in healthcare administration, of Hico, West Virginia, were chosen   more