U.S. Rep. David McKinley brought program to Wood County school By MICHAEL ERB [email protected] PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia parents know this concern: Who and how best to advise their children about personal safety on social media? How about Google? Tuesday, West Virginia students at VanDevender Middle School Tuesday heard a Google Internet safety program with[Read More…]
Month: April 2016
UBB remembered in Whitesville
Families, officials reflect on UBB, Blankenship sentencing
BECKLEY, W.Va. — In a short and sweet, albeit somber, memorial service, family members and local leaders gathered Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mine explosion, to remember the 29 men who lost their lives that day. The sun was shining brightly through the trees overhead beside[Read More…]
Jefferson County attendance efforts yield results
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Just this school year alone –from Aug. 17, 2015, to April 4, 2016 — Jefferson County Schools has had 203 parents in court facing truancy criminal charges. According to Dr. Sheri Hoff, Jefferson County Board of Education director of attendance and alternative education, JCS has had[Read More…]
WV PEIA officials want more subsidies
An editorial from The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — If you live in a household of four in West Virginia, your family’s share of annual subsidies for the Public Employees Insurance Agency is nearly $920. PEIA officials want more. Much more. They are not above using the calendar to get it. Open[Read More…]
Coal CEO Murray tells WV students of life, career
WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. — Local university students gained business tips from an Upper Ohio Valley businessman with a legacy in the coal industry Tuesday, during an annual educational seminar. Robert E. Murray, president, chairman and CEO of Murray Energy Corp., shared personal wisdom from his 58-year career in the mining[Read More…]
WVU frat suspended over reality show audition
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The colony of fraternity Delta Tau Delta at West Virginia University was suspended indefinitely after a member posted a Youtube video giving a tour of the fraternity’s house in an audition for the television show, “Real World.” The member, Stephen Budkey, gave a tour of the fraternity’s[Read More…]
WVU time capsule honors women’s progress
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One hundred twenty-five years of women’s education and contribution at WVU were celebrated Tuesday, April 5, with the opening of the Centenary Time Capsule. The capsule was first buried next to Woodburn Hall in 1991, a century after Harriet Eliza Lyon earned her AB degree, becoming the[Read More…]
Tomblin was right on school calendar bill veto
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Back in early March, The Exponent Telegram’s editorial board wrote in support of the Legislature passing a proposed bill that would allow school systems to accrue classroom time by minutes instead of days. We felt it deserved consideration from Gov. Earl Ray[Read More…]
WV budget shortfall down to $146 million
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A budget deficit that was projected in January to exceed $350 million when the 2015-16 budget year ends June 30 is now sitting at a $146.3 million shortfall, thanks to mid-year spending cuts and an infusion of funds from legislation passed during the regular session, Department of Revenue[Read More…]