WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Managing diabetes and high blood pressure can feel like a solitary enterprise dependent on relationships with objects (like pills or foods) and activities (like brisk walks or early bedtimes) instead of relationships with people, but a group of West Virginia Universityresearchers is hoping to change[Read More…]
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Pierpont Community & Technical College culinary team to represent West Virginia in New York cook-off
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. – After months of practice and preparation, Kayleb Band found himself in a race against the clock to complete a four-course meal. Band and the rest of the team members of Pierpont Community & Technical College’s culinary competition team managed to beat[Read More…]
Work by Mid-Ohio Valley photographers showcased in West Virginia calendar
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A picture by a St. Marys woman whose hobby is photography was chosen for the cover of a calendar being published by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Transportation. Ronda Knight’s photo of goldenrod[Read More…]
Weirton looks to establish land bank
By CRAIG HOWELL The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — The City of Weirton may soon begin the process of establishing its own land bank. The issue was raised by Ward 4 Councilman George Ash during Monday’s Weirton Council meeting. “I’m not sure how it works,” Ash said, suggesting the[Read More…]
Ski season set to open this week in Wheeling, Seven Springs
By HEATHER ZIEGLER The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register SEVEN SPRINGS, Pa. — Mother Nature is expected to aid in the snow-making process in time for the official opening of the winter ski season beginning this weekend in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania and in Wheeling. Seven Springs Mountain Resort will[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, December 14
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHO REPUBLICANS ARE BLAMING FOR ALABAMA SENATE LOSS Former White House strategist Steve Bannon is[Read More…]
West Virginia legislator announces biills that seek to protect sexual assault survivors
The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, on Monday announced two bills enhancing protections for survivors of sexual assault to be introduced on the first day of the 2018 regular session. Together, the bills would ensure survivors in West Virginia receive timely and free access to medical forensic examinations[Read More…]
West Virginia’s Green Bank scope tracks object for signs of alien design
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail GREEN BANK, W.Va. — Could a mysterious, cigar-shaped object believed to have come from another star system and now streaking toward Jupiter at speeds approaching 200,000 miles per hour be a probe from a distant civilization? Probably not, according to scientists with Breakthrough Listen, the[Read More…]
West Virginia’s adult smoker ranks decline
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The number of adult smokers in the state has declined over the past five years, according to a report released Tuesday by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health. According to the DHHR’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance[Read More…]
West Virginia University president’s Gee Mail: The Best of 2017
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With 2018 lurking around the corner, West Virginia University President Gordon Geebids farewell to the year in this look at the Best of Gee Mail: 2017 edition. “Though I am not one to gaze longingly into the rearview mirror, it is important to reflect on[Read More…]