WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Board of Governors voted to approve a top candidate to serve as the University’s 27th president during a regular meeting Thursday (Feb. 20) at the Erickson Alumni Center. “At a time when the higher education landscape is changing, we think that this person can[Read More…]
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W.Va. School Superintendents Craft Bill For Greater Homeschool Accountability
By Derek Redd, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia’s public school superintendents are looking for a few more tools in their belt to track homeschool students’ progress and safety, and their statewide association has crafted a proposed bill that would go a long way in helping them do that.[Read More…]
West Virginia becomes 4th state granted permission to manage Class VI wells for carbon storage
By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON (WV News) — West Virginia was formally granted the authority by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday to oversee and administer the Class VI well program in the state, which is more commonly known as Class VI “primacy.” U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito,[Read More…]
WV board granted over $272M to non-PSD projects amid rampant water system struggles
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Diane Farmer’s water has become a rusty color in recent years after strip mine operations took hold across the road from her home around 2019. She and her disabled husband buy bottled gallons of water to cook, finding their filtering system doesn’t[Read More…]
Finalists to compete in WVU Mountaineer mascot cheer-off event
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Four West Virginia University students vying to become the 71st Mountaineer mascot will wear buckskins, a coonskin cap and carry a rifle as they compete in a cheer-off during the men’s basketball game against TCU at 9 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 25) in the WVU Coliseum. Selected by a committee of[Read More…]
Additional West Virginians dead following flooding in southern part of state; governor identifies two victims
By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Additional West Virginians have died as the result of recent flooding, said Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday. The governor confirmed the deaths of Donald and Debbie Griffin of Welch, McDowell County, as well as the death of a McDowell County[Read More…]
Senate rejects efforts to amend religious/philosophical objections to child vaccines
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Bipartisan efforts to amend a bill that will allow parents and guardians religious and conscientious objections to West Virginia’s mandatory immunization schedule for public, private, and religious schools all went down in flames Tuesday. Members of the West[Read More…]
U.S. Attorney Will Thompson, a Boone County native, resigns effective immediately
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Will Thompson, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, resigned effective immediately Tuesday afternoon, according to a news release. Thompson was nominated by President Joe Biden in August 2021 and confirmed in October 2021. Thompson was born in Charleston and raised in Boone[Read More…]
Four WV colleges support Morrisey’s POWER Tech Center
By Katelyn Aluise, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Four West Virginia colleges have expressed support for Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s idea for a new POWER Tech Center. Morrisey said during his State of the State Address this month he has plans to establish a POWER (Powering Our Workforce through Energy and[Read More…]
35th International Water Tasting brings global water entries, awards, seminars this weekend
The Morgan Messenger BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — The Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting welcomes waters from more than a dozen countries, and states from California to Florida, this week in preparation for the Water Tasting judging on Saturday, February 22. Held at The Country Inn in Berkeley Springs, the festival[Read More…]


