Short Takes

WVU PRESIDENT: Public Broadcasting aired this story about candidate Daniel Bernstine, president of Portland State University, to the Morgantown campus.

MINE SAFETY: Gov. Joe Manchin signed the latest coal mine safety legislation, among other workplace-related bills, The Associated Press reports.

BECKLEY VA: Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., is alleging that administrators at the Beckley VA Medical Center have fed "false information" to federal officials about staffing and conditions there, according to AP. (Public Broadcasting also has the story, with audio that includes an interview with Rockefeller.)

TABLE GAMES: The Ohio County Commission has OK'd the (brief) ballot needed for the special June 9 election for the racetrack table games question, The (Wheeling) Intelligencer reports.