By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University wants to play a vital role in helping the state reinvent itself and find a new direction, according to WVU President E. Gordon Gee. The school has commissioned the McKinsey Global Institute to conduct a[Read More…]
Month: April 2017
Justice company cited in coal plant death
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One of Gov. Jim Justice’s family mining operations has been cited by West Virginia inspectors for six safety violations — including one that will draw a “special assessment” penalty — in the investigation of the February death of a worker at[Read More…]
Blackwater Falls entry fee on tap: Seven state parks will have $2 per-person charge; pass is $12
By BROOKE BINNS The Inter-Mountain DAVIS, W.Va. — Beginning Memorial Day weekend, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will be introducing a park fee that will affect a state park in Tucker County. Blackwater Falls State Park is one of seven West Virginia State Parks that will require an[Read More…]
Capito urges installation of broadband under highway
By JIM McCONNVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Can two highways be built along the same route at the same time? U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said it is physically possible — if one of the highways happens to be a broadband super highway made of fiber optic cable[Read More…]
Research at WVU aims to improve local, national infrastructure
By MICHELLE DILLON Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University was given a research designation of R1 in February 2016. Institutions in this category are designated as having the highest research activity. This has an impact on the reputation of an institution and helps attract new students, WVU Vice[Read More…]
Gov. Justice vetoes bill creating regional recreational authorities
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice vetoed his sixth bill Monday — one that would have created a system for contiguous counties to establish regional recreation authorities. Senate Bill 28 would have authorized the creation of these regional authorities as a joint development entity formed by[Read More…]
Leaders talk drugs at Governor’s Summit
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Less than a week after the governor signed the medical cannabis bill into law, discussion of the potential problems of marijuana cropped up during portions of the 2017 Governor’s Summit on Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Higher Education. The summit,[Read More…]
Marshall faculty award winners, retirees honored at meeting
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — More than 500 years of service to Marshall University was recognized during Marshall’s spring general faculty meeting in the Don Morris Room on campus. The event annually is a recognition ceremony of achievements by faculty members throughout the academic year, and Monday’s occasion in[Read More…]
Possible ‘bad batch’ of heroin, sends Mason County EMS scrambling
By BETH SERGENT Point Pleasant Register POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — This past Friday night, people in Mason County were bracing for what felt like a possible overdose epidemic within a matter of hours, similar to the one that occurred in Huntington last year. For Mason County EMS staff, there were[Read More…]
University improves recycling habits, but expert says they could do more
By JENNIFER GARDNER The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU says its efforts to increase recycling on campus are working, but some believe the University could be doing more. WVU implemented a single-stream recycling system three years ago in an effort to increase the amount recycled by the University and[Read More…]
