WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia is short on neurologists. According to David Watson, who directs the West Virginia University Headache Center, the state has just half of the neurologists it needs. This scarcity can cause problems for people with migraine whose primary physicians aren’t trained or equipped to[Read More…]
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Former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield: ‘They’re out to destroy me’
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield told a Philadelphia newspaper Wednesday that recent allegations portraying him as a “sexual predator” are false and part of a conspiracy by those seeking to “destroy” him. A lawsuit filed March 22 in[Read More…]
West Virginia’s Manchin, Capito and Ohio senators push nuclear energy bill
Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WASHINGTON — A bill to encourage innovation in nuclear energy and ensure advanced reactors can provide clean, safe, affordable and reliable power has been reintroduced by the U.S. senators from Ohio and West Virginia. The Nuclear Energy Leadership Act would re-establish U.S. leadership[Read More…]
Appalachian Spring: Children learn about nature at Heritage Farm camp
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Elementary school-age children got an Appalachian spring break experience Thursday at a Spring Break Camp at Heritage Farm Museum and Village in Huntington. Participants got to do some hands-on nature learning through activities like hiking, exploring creeks, a scavenger hunt and dissecting owl pellets. Lunch[Read More…]
Former WVU wide receiver Tommy Bowden talks about leadership at Boy Scouts dinner
By MADELINE SCARBOROUGH The Parkersburg News and Sentinel VIENNA, W.Va. — “On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country,” the Scout oath. The Boy Scouts program has been changing both nationally and locally, but its roots remain the same. The nation[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, March 29
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, March 29, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP REVELS IN RETELLING EARLY RESULTS OF MUELLER PROBE A fired-up President Donald Trump turned[Read More…]
Coalfield Development Corporation releasing Interactive Apparel Kiosks at iconic MLB stadiums
Effort to create jobs and opportunities for Appalachian communities Press release from Coalfield Development Corporation: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — What you buy at the ballpark can have a big impact on communities in Appalachia? SustainU Clothing, an enterprise of Coalfield Development Corporation, has announced that five major league baseball stadiums will feature[Read More…]
Wheeling Jesuit University to remain open for the 2019-20 academic year, but staff, program cuts are on horizon
Staff reports The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The Wheeling Jesuit University Board of Trustees has decided the school will remain open for the coming academic year, continuing to operate under the existing declaration of financial exigency. In a statement released late Wednesday, university President Michael P.[Read More…]
W.Va. Justice, Judge named 2019 Bar Foundation Fellows
Press Release from the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Supreme Court Justice John Hutchison and Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Kanawha County) Judge Jennifer Bailey have been named 2019 Bar Foundation Fellows. They and other 2019 Fellows will be honored at a dinner at 6 p.m. on[Read More…]
