By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN — East Fairmont Middle School teacher Michael Leshko squats down at eye level with a contraption that contains boiling green mouthwash. The mouthwash boils off some gases, which travel down a coil encased in glass. Leshko holds a bag of water over the[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – Officials broke ground Thursday for a new $25 million health care campus that will serve behavioral health and emergency medical needs across a 10-county region encompassing parts of West Virginia and Virginia. Supporters gathered outside the Behavioral Health Pavilion of the Virginias[Read More…]

By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING — Employees at The Health Plan in West Virginia showed Wednesday they are willing to walk a “Mountaineer Mile” and lead the way toward improving health and fitness throughout the state. The Health Plan kicked off its version of the Mountaineer Mile Wednesday at[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Patrick Morrisey has appointed his policy director’s college-student daughter, and political operatives linked to six-digit-plus spending to support his gubernatorial campaign, to a commission that plays a signicant role in lling state judicial vacancies — with a vacancy looming on the[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams for The Journal CHARLESTON – West Virginia Public Service Chairwoman Charlotte Lane had blunt words for electric utilities, internet services providers and state broadband officials Tuesday during the start of a hearing that will determine rules for expanding fiber broadband on existing power poles. “The West[Read More…]

The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The newly-named WVU president, Michael Benson met with the Daily Athenaeum virtually in April to discuss the presidential search process, the role of DEI in higher education, House Bill 3279 and his plans and goals for the University. DA: “Could you walk us through[Read More…]

By Stephen Smoot, The Pendleton Times FRANKLIN, W.Va. — Three decades ago, educator Dale Hubert had an idea. He would take a character from a book written three decades prior called “Flat Stanley” and build an educational project around him. The book, written by American author Jeff Brown, tells of[Read More…]

By Lydia Crawley, The Parsons Advocate The newly formed local advocacy group Tucker United hosted its first public informational meeting at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Davis on Sunday, June 1st. The meeting was to inform the public what the group has learned about the proposed natural gas and diesel[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON (WV News) — Another automatic reduction in the state’s personal income tax is not looking likely, according to West Virginia Treasurer Larry Pack. With less than a month left in the current fiscal year, the state is not on track to collect enough revenue[Read More…]