By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Renovation plans affecting nearly a dozen schools in Wayne, Lincoln and Mason counties were unanimously approved by the West Virginia State Board of Education on Tuesday at its meeting hosted by Marshall University. The plans were submitted as part of the counties’ annual[Read More…]
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Incoming Fairmont State University President Martin living in dorm to show accessibility
By TIFFANY TOWNER Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Incoming Fairmont State University President Mirta Martin doesn’t just want to tell students that she’s accessible; she wants to show it. And since the beginning of November, she’s been demonstrating that, as she lives in a dorm room on the fifth[Read More…]
West Virginia Secretary of State: State needs more full-time farmers
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The decline of coal mining also has led to a decrease in the number of dairy and cattle farmers in West Virginia, according to state Secretary of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt. Leonhardt visited the Northern Panhandle Tuesday, taking time to[Read More…]
W.Va. Gov. Justice: ‘Nothing more warming than a young child’s smile’
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As it rained, Benjamin Lacau, Robert Freeman and William Turman, all members of Cabell Midland High School’s jazz band, stood in a huddle on a landing at the state Capitol in Charleston Tuesday awaiting the Joyful Night celebration to begin. “I[Read More…]
Christmas is busy time for tree farm
By SARAH GOODRICH The Inter-Mountain FRENCH CREEK, W.Va. — Approaching the French Creek Christmas Tree Farm on a winding road, visitors see the hundreds of trees spread over hills at the Upshur County season attraction. Ron and Tillie Fowler planted their first Christmas tree seedlings in 1983, and sold their[Read More…]
Military elite conduct special ops training in Bluefield and surrounding area
By SAMANTHA PERRY Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Bluefield and surrounding areas are now a training ground for U.S. military special operations forces, city officials told the Daily Telegraph Tuesday. The elite teams are currently in the city for their third training exercise, Bluefield City Manager and retired U.S.[Read More…]
WVU physicists tune the dynamics of exotic quantum particles
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Physicists at West Virginia University have discovered a way to control a newly discovered quantum particle, potentially leading to faster computers and other electronic devices. Weyl fermions, massless quasiparticles that were predicted to exist in 1930 by mathematician H. Weyl, were first detected separately by three[Read More…]
Lewis County residents celebrate bicentennial with party
By JONATHAN WEAVER The Exponent Telegram WESTON, W.Va. — A few dozen Lewis County residents sang “Happy Birthday,” danced and played games, during the county’s 200th birthday party at St. Patrick School’s gymnasium in Weston Tuesday. Lewis County First member Brittney Barlett said she and other volunteers prepared the birthday[Read More…]
Hunters harvest 44,455 bucks in W.Va.
Submitted to The Dominion Post SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Preliminary data collected from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’ electronic game checking system indicate deer hunters in West Virginia harvested 44,455 bucks during the two-week buck firearms season, which ran from Nov. 20-Dec. 2. This year’s harvest is close[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. Jenkins, R. W.Va., announces mobile office hours
The Register-Herald WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) has announced his mobile office hours for December. At the mobile office locations, members of Rep. Jenkins’ staff will be available to help Third District residents who need assistance with federal benefits, including Social Security, Medicare and disability. Constituents are encouraged[Read More…]
