Month: August 2016

Adressing attendance, unruliness go hand-in-hand

An editorial from The Exponent Telegram  CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — As the majority of area schoolchildren enter their third week of classes, we’re pleased to see such an emphasis placed on keeping students in class. West Virginia Superintendent of Schools Dr. Michael Martirano made school attendance a focal point upon his arrival[Read More…]

Mingo County’s Pinson triplets mark 70th birthday

  WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The year was 1946. World War II was officially over. And all across America, the Baby Boom was underway. Some notable baby boomers from 1946 include former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Presidential hopeful Donald Trump, and celebrities like Sylvester Stallone, Sally Field, Danny[Read More…]

Auction of Fairmont’s Middletown Mall cancelled

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The Middletown Mall was set to go up for public auction Tuesday afternoon at the Marion County Courthouse. A legal ad previously ran in the Times West Virginian stating that a sale of the property on which the Middletown Mall stands was to be held at 1:30[Read More…]

Three WV hepatitis A cases linked to smoothie cafe

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Three out of four cases of Hepatitis A in the Eastern Panhandle have been linked to the Tropical Smoothie Cafe in Martinsburg, according to Dr. David Didden, physician director at the Jefferson County Health Department. Didden said the fourth case of Hepatitis A is still under investigation.[Read More…]

Federal agency closes two WV offices after threats

WASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department said Tuesday it had closed offices in five states, including two in Jefferson County, W.Va., after receiving anonymous threats that it considered serious. USDA spokesman Matthew Herrick said in a statement that the department had received “several anonymous messages” late Monday that raised concerns about[Read More…]

Randolph County details plan for hot schools

ELKINS, W.Va. — The Randolph County Board of Education has implemented a precise procedure to deal with high temperatures in schools without air conditioning. Five Randolph County schools without air conditioning – Harman School, Coalton Elementary School, Homestead Elementary School, Beverly Elementary School and Valley Head Elementary School – dismissed[Read More…]

WVU Medicine partners with Elkins hospital

ELKINS, W.Va. — Davis Health System and WVU Medicine announced a partnership Tuesday that will significantly enhance health care services for thousands of Central West Virginia residents. The collaboration between the two West Virginia institutions will establish a Heart and Vascular Institute within Davis Medical Center’s outpatient operation, bringing access[Read More…]

Last of FEMA’s WV centers to close Wednesday

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The last of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Recovery Centers are scheduled to close Wednesday evening, a week before the deadline to apply for aid from FEMA. The centers in Clendenin, Rainelle and White Sulphur Springs will all close at 5 p.m., though FEMA officials say the[Read More…]

Study finds WV teacher workforce ‘largely stable’

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s public school teacher and administrator workforce is “largely stable,” although nearly one-fifth of new Mountain State teachers left the state’s public education system after one school year, according to a new study that looked at five school years. The study, released last week, found that, on[Read More…]

Officials hope to expand repaired Yeager Airport

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the effort to clear away 377,000 cubic yards of debris from the March 2015 collapse of Yeager Airport’s safety-overrun area nears completion, airport and Kanawha County officials have begun to look at restoring the Charleston airport’s runway length and safety zones back to pre-landslide dimensions — and[Read More…]

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