By Lauren Taylor, The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Former Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Rob Alsop rejoined WVU Tuesday, taking on the role of senior deputy athletics director, according to Executive Director of Communications April Kaull. In the new role, Alsop will assist current WVU Director of Athletics Wren[Read More…]
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Young man receives highest honor from Ambulance Authority
By Toni Milbourne, The Journal HEDGESVILLE, W.Va.—Earlier this year, a young Hedgesville resident went above and beyond to help his mother who was met with a medical emergency. Five-year-old Kaysen Click reacted in a way that led him to be recognized and honored by members of the Berkeley County Emergency[Read More…]
Justice: Loyal to Trump but serving for people of West Virginia
By Evan Bevins, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Friday it would be premature to discuss how he might vote as a senator on appointments by President-elect Donald Trump, but his goal in Washington, D.C., will be to “do the right thing for[Read More…]
Honoring the 56th anniversary of the 1968 Consol No. 9 Mine Disaster: Remembering 78 lives lost and a legacy of safety
By John Mark Shaver, Fairmont News Editor MANNINGTON, W.Va. — The shockwaves sent through the county, state and country from the 1968 Consol No. 9 Mine disaster can still be felt to this day, and officials marked the 56th anniversary of the tragedy on Sunday with their annual memorial ceremony.[Read More…]
DoHS announces closure of West Virginia Children’s Home in Elkins
The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Human Services has announced the West Virginia Children’s Home in Elkins will be closed at the end of the year. Employees, staff, and other stakeholders of the forthcoming closure, effective Dec. 31, earlier this week. Effective immediately, no additional referrals or[Read More…]
Manchin hopes his ‘Almost Heaven’ houseboat can be a unifying anchor in D.C.
By Joselyn King, The Weirton Daily Times WHEELING, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin indicates he just might not “be sailing into the sunset” after his Senate term ends in January. In fact, he plans to keep his Washington-based houseboat “Almost Heaven” where it is through at least 2025. “I[Read More…]
Editorial: Book It!
Literacy program turning 40 this year The Inter-Mountain Remember the Book It! program that kept many of us interested in reading through our formative years? It is still alive and well — turning 40 this year, as a matter of fact, and has spun off into supporting a National Young[Read More…]
High school football teams await word from West Virginia Supreme Court
By Kerry Patrick, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — With the ongoing litigations and several injunctions issued in the past week, the WVSSAC made a move Thursday which would bring to a resolution the state football playoff tournament which was postponed earlier this week due to ongoing litigations.[Read More…]
Town comes together in memory of Marshall plane crash victims
By Katelyn Aluise, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — It rained Thursday afternoon as dozens of students, alumni, veterans and family of the Thundering Herd gathered for the 54th Memorial Fountain Ceremony honoring the 75 victims of the crash of Flight 932 on Nov. 14, 1970. “It’s so surreal,” Rick Call,[Read More…]
West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito outlines GOP agenda: Immigration reform, tax cuts and tackling national debt
By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram WASHINGTON — Immigration, taxes and the national debt are at the top of the agenda for Republicans in Congress, according to U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. Capito, who on Wednesday was elected to the No. 4 position on the GOP Senate leadership team,[Read More…]
