#wyomingcounty
LightNews LightNews
citizenptnewsny.bsky.social
Wyoming County's Agriculture Committee is diving deep into innovative bills that promise to transform farming practices and combat climate change—are financial incentives the key to healthier soil and a greener future?

Learn more here

#WyomingCounty #NY #CitizenPortal #GreenhouseGasReduction
Wyoming County committee reviews proposed New York carbon farming bills
Committee reviewed NYS Assembly Bill #5660A and NYS Senate Bill #1529-A (the Carbon Farming Act) and noted the bills would create incentives for soil-health practices and greenhouse-gas reductions; discussion was based on a packet and an email from Board Chair Brick.
citizenportal.ai
September 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM
citizenptnewsny.bsky.social
Wyoming County has just approved a massive $984,128 contract renewal with Hillside Children’s Center to provide essential foster care services for its youth!

Learn more here

#WyomingCounty #NY #CitizenPortal #FosterCare #YouthServices #ChildWelfare
Committee approves nearly $984,128 contract renewal for Hillside Children’s Center services
Wyoming County authorized renewal of a contract with Hillside Children’s Center for residential and therapeutic foster care services (to meet Raise the Age standards) not to exceed $984,127.60 for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027.
citizenportal.ai
September 28, 2026 at 2:18 PM
citizenptnewsny.bsky.social
Wyoming County's Human Services Committee has revealed shocking estimates of over $380,000 in annual costs due to federal SNAP changes—what does this mean for the future of local budgets?

Click to read more!

#WyomingCounty #NY #CitizenPortal #FoodSecurity #BudgetPlanning
Committee reviews Essex County SNAP-delay resolution and records estimated $211,000 annual local cost shift
Wyoming County reviewed a resolution calling for a two-year delay to federal SNAP administrative and benefit cost shifts and recorded county estimates of an annual $211,000 administrative cost shift and $170,000 error-rate increase; a motion to review was adopted 5–0.
citizenportal.ai
September 28, 2026 at 2:17 PM
citizenptnewsny.bsky.social
Wyoming County just approved a whopping $229,500 grant for childhood lead poisoning prevention and created a new epidemiologist position—big moves for public health!

Click to read more!

#WyomingCounty #NY #CitizenPortal #WyomingCountyHealth #PublicHealth #AgingServices #MentalHealth
Board approves major aging and public health grants and creates epidemiologist position
Wyoming County approved multiple aging and health grants (including $229,500 for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and roughly $777,421 across other aging programs), a GOW CARES contract, and created an Epidemiologist position (1.0 FTE) in the Health Department effective Sept. 21, 2026.
citizenportal.ai
September 18, 2026 at 8:05 AM
citizenptnewsny.bsky.social
Wyoming County is staring down a staggering 45.69% increase in its 2027 budget requests, raising alarms about potential tax cap overrides and drastic cuts ahead.

Click to read more!

#WyomingCounty #NY #HealthInsurance #TaxPolicy #CitizenPortal #WyomingCountyBudget #FiscalResponsibility
Budget office: 2027 requested levy would rise about 45.7%; county likely must override tax cap
Budget Officer Cook reported 2027 department requests would raise the requested levy to $41,938,827.73 — a 45.69% increase over 2026 — and that the county will likely need to override the tax cap absent roughly $7 million in cuts; health insurance increases alone added $2.3 million.
citizenportal.ai
September 11, 2026 at 12:02 PM
citizenptnewsny.bsky.social
Wyoming County Community Hospital is on the rise with improving inpatient volumes and a $1 million state refund on the way!

Click to read more!

#WyomingCounty #NY #CitizenPortal #WyomingCountyHospital #FinancialTransparency #RuralHealthcare #HealthcareReform
Hospital reports recovering volumes, county paid $2M IGT recoupment; $1M return expected
Wyoming County Community Hospital reported recovering inpatient volumes, higher clinic revenue through July, pending Attica Clinic Article 28 certification, and that the hospital paid $2 million to the state for an IGT recoupment with the county expected to receive $1 million back in 1–2 weeks; DPT recalculation could bring $3.6 million.
citizenportal.ai
September 11, 2026 at 12:01 PM
citizenptnewsny.bsky.social
Wyoming County just approved over $991,000 to enhance aging services and support critical programs for seniors!

Click to read more!

#WyomingCounty #NY #CitizenPortal #NutritionAccess #SeniorServices #CommunitySupport #WyomingCountyAging
Committee signs multiple NYSOFA funding contracts totaling more than $991,000 for aging services and NY Connects
Wyoming County approved NYS Office for the Aging contracts covering Title III programs ($170,806), multiple care/transportation programs ($777,421), NSIP ($43,711) and NY Connects expansion (not to exceed $194,167); motions carried and referred as resolutions.
citizenportal.ai
August 29, 2026 at 8:32 AM
citizenptnewsny.bsky.social
Wyoming County is investing $50,000 to enhance local health initiatives by securing a coordinator for the GOW CARES Alliance, funded partly by opioid settlement proceeds.

Learn more here

#WyomingCounty #NY #PublicHealth #CitizenPortal #CommunityCare #OpioidRecovery
Committee authorizes up to $50,000 contract to retain GOW CARES Alliance coordinator
Wyoming County approved a professional services contract with WNY Rural Area Health Education Center, Inc. to house the Genesee–Orleans–Wyoming CARES Alliance coordinator and allocated related personnel funding from opioid settlement proceeds.
citizenportal.ai
August 29, 2026 at 8:27 AM
actiontogethernepa.bsky.social
Action Together NEPA is proud to endorse Pam Hemann for PA House District 110! Let’s send Pam to the PA House to represent folks in Bradford & Wyoming counties!

#wedecide2026 #actiontogethernepa #nepa #pemhemann #pam4pa #hd110 #pahouse #bradfordcounty #wyomingcounty
Pam Hemann endorsed candidate for PA House District 110 in 2026.
August 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
citizenptnewsny.bsky.social
Wyoming County is set to enhance its emergency response capabilities with two significant grants totaling over $1 million for 911 operations and communications improvements!

Get the details!

#WyomingCounty #NY #CitizenPortal #GrantFunding #InteroperableCommunications #EmergencyServices
Wyoming County accepts $244,856 and $830,046 grants to bolster 911 and interoperable communications
The Public Safety Committee authorized acceptance of a $244,856 PSAP operations grant and an $830,046 Statewide Interoperable Communications Grant—Formula Program for improvements and sustainment, covering 2026–2028 and 2026–2030 respectively.
citizenportal.ai
August 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
citizenptnewsny.bsky.social
Wyoming County's updated flood plain maps could impact numerous structures and force local municipalities to adopt new laws—are you affected?

Click to read more!

#WyomingCounty #NY #CitizenPortal #FloodPlainManagement #CommunityResilience #DisasterReadiness
Updated flood plain maps put more structures in flood plain; County may need local law under FEMA guidance
Committee discussed updated flood plain maps that could place existing structures in the flood plain and noted the village may need to pass a local law using FEMA's template; Don Roberts, county Code Enforcement Officer and Flood Plain Administrator, has received mapping documents and letters.
citizenportal.ai
August 9, 2026 at 1:07 AM
citizenptnewsny.bsky.social
Wyoming County's Human Services Committee just approved over $248,000 in grants and contracts to support youth services, foster care, and indigent funeral assistance—transforming lives in the community!

Click to read more!

#WyomingCounty #NY #CitizenPortal #FosterCare #IndigentAssistance
Human Services committee approves multiple youth, foster-care and indigent-assistance contracts and grants
The committee approved grants totaling at least $248,906 and contracts including Together for Youth for foster care and Rector-Hicks for indigent funerals; members also authorized a Preschool Related Services contract with Optimal Therapy Associates.
citizenportal.ai
August 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
citizenptnewsny.bsky.social
Wyoming County could face a staggering $740,000 annual penalty if new SNAP regulations roll out, putting local support at risk!

Learn more here

#WyomingCounty #NY #CitizenPortal #FoodSecurity #FiscalRisk #SocialServices
DSS warns SNAP rule change could cost Wyoming County about $740,000 a year
Commissioner B. Dennis told the Human Services Committee that a pending New York State SNAP regulation could shift roughly 15% of benefit costs to counties beginning Oct. 1, 2027, which he estimated would cost Wyoming County about $740,000 annually; county officials discussed asking Rep. Tenney for support.
citizenportal.ai
August 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
shorttimer.bsky.social
#JimJustice
#SenatorCapito
#WyomingCounty
graphicgranola.bsky.social Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · Aug 2
The final report ended up ranking
West Virginia (47th overall)
Texas (48th)
Georgia (49th),
Mississippi (50th)
and Alaska (51st)
as the bottom five states with the worst healthcare in the country.

www.al.com/news/2026/08...
The 5 worst states for healthcare got low marks in cost, access
The worst state for healthcare was found to be Alaska by a recent WalletHub study.
www.al.com
August 2, 2026 at 7:15 PM
joe-the-crow.bsky.social
American Wintergreen - not to be confused with the other plant called Wintergreen. This and other Pyrola species are lovely woodland wildflowers. #americanwintergreen #pyrolaamericana #nativeplants #wyomingcounty #wny
July 11, 2026 at 12:53 PM
joe-the-crow.bsky.social
A Meadowhawk at rest. Half a dozen or so were darting about the garden at my friends' place in the country. #meadowhawk #sympetrum #odonata #wyomingcounty #wny
July 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
bangy83.bsky.social
Wyoming County's seat sits in a tight bend of the Guyandotte River, with the gray sandstone face of Castle Rock standing over the town.

#WestVirginia #PinevilleWV #WyomingCounty #CastleRock #GuyandotteRiver #Appalachia #countyseat #coalfields
July 3, 2026 at 12:09 AM
bangy83.bsky.social
A few miles off the main road in Wyoming County sits Mullens, a southern coalfield town that exists because of a rail line — the old Virgini…

#WestVirginia #MullensWV #WyomingCounty #VirginianRailway #GuyandotteRiver #Appalachia #coalfields #dashcam
July 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
bangy83.bsky.social
Rolling US 52 through Hanover in Wyoming County, West Virginia — the southern coalfields where the road threads the hollow and the railroad…

#WestVirginia #WyomingCounty #HanoverWV #US52 #Appalachia #coalfields #dashcam #WVbackroads
June 30, 2026 at 1:08 PM
bangy83.bsky.social
A little community named Wyoming, tucked in Wyoming County, West Virginia — and the name's older and stranger than the western state most fo…

#westvirginia #wyomingcounty #wyomingwv #appalachia #backroads #dashcam #guyandotte #southernwestvirginia
June 30, 2026 at 12:10 AM
bangy83.bsky.social
Driving the Clear Fork of the Guyandotte through Wyoming County, West Virginia — coal country that's older and quieter than its boom years.

#westvirginia #wyomingcounty #clearfork #guyandotte #coalcountry #appalachia #backroads #dashcam
June 29, 2026 at 9:12 PM
bangy83.bsky.social
Driving through Pineville, the seat of Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Guyandotte runs and the courthouse still holds the town toge…

#westvirginia #pinevillewv #wyomingcounty #guyandotteriver #itmanncompanystore #pocahontasfuel #appalachia #coalcountry
June 29, 2026 at 3:12 PM
bangy83.bsky.social
Driving the back roads of Wyoming County, West Virginia, through a little place called Hatcher, up near Oceana in the Guyandotte country.

#westvirginia #wyomingcounty #hatcherwv #oceanawv #appalachia #coalfields #guyandotteriver #backroads
June 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM
citizenptnewspa.bsky.social
The Wyoming Area School Board has greenlit a $49.53 million budget amidst rising healthcare costs and local revenue adjustments—how will this impact taxpayers?

Read the full story

#PA #CitizenPortal #LocalGovernance #EducationFunding #WyomingCounty
Wyoming Area School Board approves $49.53 million final budget, authorizes switchgear contract and tax calendar
The Wyoming Area School Board on June 23 approved a $49,534,905 final general fund budget and a set of finance measures — including a CM3 contract for switchgear work not to exceed $1,107,000 and property-tax calendar and homestead-exclusion resolutions — while acknowledging uneven county impacts from multi-county rebalancing and heavy charter-cyber tuition costs.
citizenportal.ai
June 27, 2026 at 6:31 PM
bangy83.bsky.social
The road into Lillyhaven — Clear Fork Road, Route 971, running along the Clear Fork of the Guyandotte in Wyoming County.

#LillyhavenWestVirginia #LutherElkinspetroglyphs #Lyncopetroglyphs #ClearFork #GuyandotteRiver #WyomingCounty #Algonquian #Appalachiahistory
June 21, 2026 at 12:07 AM