By Trish Rudder, The Morgan Messenger GRAFTON, W.Va. — Here in West Virginia, we have a lot to be thankful for in celebrating Mother’s Day in the United States. In 1907 in Grafton, Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother’s Day service of worship at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church where it[Read More…]

By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN – Uncertainty remains the key word as WVU continues to work out how Trump administration executive actions will affect the university. WVU Vice President for Research Fred King and WVU President Gordon Gee both addressed that problem for the Faculty Senate on Monday.[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. – Seeing the daily cost of housing an inmate jump by $12 is leading to a special Mercer County Commission meeting Thursday about how to keep the county’s regional jail bill paid until the fiscal year ends this July. The Mercer County[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Public Broadcasting was already making the best of a more than 10% cut in its general revenue budget in the next fiscal year, but future federal funding cuts could place additional burdens on the state’s educational[Read More…]

By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING — State lawmakers and utility companies agree — if West Virginia is going to move toward becoming an economic power, it’s going to need more electricity. The topics of electrical deficits, data centers and microgrids all were among those discussed during the West Virginia[Read More…]

By Damian Phillips, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Momentum is a defining force in the future economic prosperity or stagnation of a region. But several West Virginia counties have turned the tide from struggling to succeeding. “I’m hopeful altogether. We do have some counties that are struggling,[Read More…]

By Steve Keenan, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — As leaders in the region seek to strengthen the economy, Jina Belcher and others say the recent Future Forward Summit and Expo could be a harbinger of positive occurrences in certain sectors in the area. The two-day summit/expo was presented in late[Read More…]

A curriculum for change By Kaitlyn Fleming, The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The first collegiate Delta Kappa Gamma chapter in the state of West Virginia was born out of love for education and aims to foster a supportive environment for future educators to flourish, one leader of Marshall’s chapter said. [Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams for The Intelligencer CHARLESTON — A memorandum to county superintendents issued Friday by the West Virginia Department of Education requiring schools to abide by the state’s required immunization program for school-age children was rescinded later that evening after pressure from Gov. Patrick Morrisey. State Superintendent of[Read More…]

By Noah Jeffries, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — For 60 years, the Head Start program has been serving kids and families across West Virginia. With the possibility of federal budget cuts, the program’s future is up in the air. Head Start helps thousands of kids across the country[Read More…]