Month: August 2016

Mega backpack drive mounted for kids in flood zone

PEACH CREEK, W.Va. — Thirty-three counties and numerous organizations and churches across West Virginia and out of state are participating in the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) Back to School Supply Flood Relief Drive. The supplies will be used to fill backpacks for students living in the counties ravaged[Read More…]

WV officials focus on untested sexual assault kits

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Around 2,000 sexual assault kits are currently sitting on shelves waiting to be tested in West Virginia. Some of those kits have been there for more than a year while others have been waiting for five years. In an initiative to clear the backlog of these kits[Read More…]

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, Aug. 3

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. OBAMA URGES GOP LAWMAKERS TO REJECT TRUMP Escalating his involvement in the presidential[Read More…]

Sinkhole opens up behind Lewisburg City Hall

LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Turning an ear to listen to the faint susurration of water flowing underground, Public Works director Roger Pence contemplated a gaping hole in the pavement of Stratton Alley Monday afternoon. “On Friday, a city employee noticed a slight depression in the pavement here,” Pence said, indicating the[Read More…]

Flooded Summersville Middle School finds a home

BECKLEY, W.Va. — In dealing with the aftermath of the devastating June floods, plans are evolving and changing when it comes to the situation with three Nicholas County school facilities. Previously planned to be housed at the Nicholas County Memorial Park and portions of Nicholas County High School, Summersville Middle School[Read More…]

West Virginia must prioritize access to broadband

An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel  PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — In West Virginia, 30 percent of residents do not have full access to broadband service. That figure goes up to 48 percent in rural areas. While the numbers are an improvement over 2015, they are still unacceptable when it comes[Read More…]

Berkeley schools to flag late resignations

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Berkeley County Schools will now mark late and unjustified resignations as a “resignation with prejudice” for professionals who chose to break their contracts right before school starts. Superintendent Manny Arvon said after Monday night’s Board of Education meeting that the state adopted the policy of resignations with[Read More…]

Ohio County’s Highlands complex sees development

TRIADELPHIA — A newly constructed Marriott Fairfield Inn and Suites hotel is open at The Highlands, and it is just one of many projects expects to sprout this summer at the development. The hotel and adjacent conference center are next to the West Liberty University Highlands Center, with construction on[Read More…]

Film about vanishing way of life

A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register  WHEELING, W.Va. — Radiator Springs, the imaginary near-ghost town featured in the movie “Cars,” probably feels familiar to millions of Americans, especially those of us in rural states such as West Virginia. Many of us grew up in towns just[Read More…]

WVU to acquire institute founded by Rockefellers

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University has agreed to acquire the assets and name of the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute to continue the important research to battle Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. BRNI filed Thursday for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code. The Institute was founded in[Read More…]

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