AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoHigher Ed Snapshot (WV): Cabell County colleges awarded 2,956 degrees and certificates in 2023-24, while Wood County tallied 709; Randolph (137), Brooke (113), and Hardy (95) also released new totals from the National Center for Education Statistics. Public Health & Safety: Aegis Sciences says it has detected the synthetic opioid cychlorphine in 18 states, including West Virginia, after reports tied it to dozens of deaths in East Tennessee. AI & Data Centers (WV politics): A Democratic challenger in WV’s District 2 proposed a two-year moratorium on new large data centers (20 megawatts+) and calls for community input, with studies on health, water, jobs, and grid impacts. Law Enforcement Tech: The FBI says it eliminated a years-long federal DNA-processing backlog, clearing about 1.81 million samples into CODIS. Water & Environment (WV): EPA awarded $2.55M in wetland grants across the Mid-Atlantic, including $367,272 for West Virginia to expand wetland mapping and monitoring. Workforce (WV): WVU is leading a $1.6M, three-year teacher recruitment and retention effort funded through the Appalachian Regional Commission POWER Initiative.
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