Month: March 2016

Guidelines for breaking the cycle of dependence

An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Here’s a refreshingly smart and hopeful development: On Tuesday, federal health officials issued new guidelines that discourage physicians from prescribing painkillers such as Vicodin and OxyContin for the treatment of chronic conditions such as backaches, neck pain and migraines. Yes, they are only[Read More…]

Five faculty, four other jobs cut at WVU-Parkersburg

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Five faculty and four staff positions will be cut at West Virginia University at Parkersburg at the end of this fiscal year, officials said Tuesday. WVU-P has cut employees who had low enrollment numbers in their classes, so that the cutbacks would have a minimal effect on[Read More…]

WVU photojournalism exhibit tour set

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A guided tour of a photojournalism exhibit focused on people coping with the effects of war is available at 10 a.m. March 23, at WVU’s Downtown Campus Library. The exhibit, entitled “Fractured Spaces: Stories of Resistance and Resilience,” is a retrospective of photos by Lois Raimondo, of[Read More…]

Judge sides with Teamsters in WVU FOIA suit

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Monongalia County Circuit Judge Phillip Gaujot ruled against the WVU Board of Governors on Tuesday, March 15, in a Freedom of Information Act suit filed in February by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The Teamsters were seeking unredacted email exchanges regarding a WVU Bureau of Business and[Read More…]

Another 12,000 WV residents get health insurance

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 12,000 West Virginians enrolled in individual health coverage for the first time this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday. Nationally, nearly 5 million people gained new coverage during the Affordable Care Act’s third open enrollment period, which ended on Jan. 31,[Read More…]

WV Legislature punts spending bill into spring

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With no resolution to the budget impasse — and with new revenue estimates showing that West Virginia’s 2016-17 budget shortfall will be $92.4 million larger than projected in January — legislators called it quits Tuesday, pending a special session to be called later this spring. “It’s not possible[Read More…]

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, March 16

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. MATH AND MOMENTUM POINT TO TRUMP NOMINATION, CLINTON ALSO SURGES GOP officials grapple[Read More…]

Blenko Glass helps restore lights to Mason bridge

MASON, W.Va. — With a helping hand from Blenko Glass, the lone West Virginia highway bridge equipped with aesthetic lighting is once again showing its colors after spending the past year in the dark. Opened in 2009, the four-lane, 1,852-foot-long Bridge of Honor spans the Ohio River and connects the[Read More…]

Let the sun shine in and make government better

An editorial from The Exponent Telegram  CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Sunshine Week sounds like a nice idea for a spring or summertime festival, a time to embrace the return of warmer temperatures and well, the sun. But it isn’t that at all. In fact, it is something much more serious as it[Read More…]

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