By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch ONA, W.Va. — Education reform, and the seemingly countless options and opinions for how that might take shape in West Virginia, generated considerable buzz during the state legislative session – energy that’s yet to subside with a special session now imminent. Cabell Midland High School[Read More…]
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Seeing no big HEPC changes ahead, interim chancellor Carolyn Long leaving; hopes to return to WVU Tech presidency
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former West Virginia University Institute of Technology president Carolyn Long said Monday she plans to leave “in the next month or so” her position as the state Higher Education Policy Commission’s interim chancellor. She said she hopes to return to the WVU[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, March 19
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘YOU WON’T HEAR ME SPEAK HIS NAME’ New Zealand’s prime minister says she will do[Read More…]
West Virginia’s blue ribbon higher education panel pushes legislation quietly
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Blue Ribbon Commission on Four-Year Higher Education hasn’t had a full meeting since December and never met the deadline for their final report. Yet, a number of their proposals were pushed during the 2019 legislative session. These[Read More…]
Drug company: Bankruptcy ‘is an option’
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As cities and states across the nation grapple with the opioid epidemic and point the finger at the drug manufacturing and distribution industries, Purdue Pharma says bankruptcy is an “option,” The Washington Post reports. The city of Huntington and Cabell County have filed two of[Read More…]
WVU fourth-year medical students learn their residency placements through technology, tradition
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — They might be practicing in state-of-the-art hospitals or using the latest digital charting software, but for West Virginia University School of Medicine fourth-year students, it’s an old-fashioned white envelope that sealed their residency placement fates during Friday’s Match Day events. Match Day is a national[Read More…]
Fairmont hip hop artist and farm owner team up for community garden
By ERIC HRIN Times West Virginian BARRACKVILLE, W.Va. — Standing together at Emerald Farms Sunday, Fairmont hip-hop artist TK Blockstar and Missy Burdette unveiled their vision for a community garden at the site. Located just past Barrackville on the Husky Highway, Blockstar plans to bring the community garden to life[Read More…]
West Virginia export growth exceeds national average
By CONOR GRIFFITH NCWV Media MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Whether it’s coal, aerospace parts or other products, the Mountain State is experiencing an increase in exports to other states and around the world, even outpacing the national average. According to a report from the West Virginia Department of Commerce, exports increased[Read More…]
Opinion: W.Va. Delegate Robinson calling on Governor Justice to veto of SB 622
Delegate Robinson calling for veto of 622 By Delegate Andrew Robinson D-Kanawha, 36th District On Friday, March 8, 2019, late in the night after most of the news media had finished their stories for the day, Senate Bill 622, also known as, “The 2019 Bought and Paid for Act,” was[Read More…]
