By JAKE JARVIS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Delegates on Tuesday approved amendments to a bill meant to fix the state’s medical marijuana program and to a bill meant to allow homeschooled children to participate in extracurricular activities at public schools. House Bill 3127, commonly known as the “Tim Tebow[Read More…]
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Fairmont State’s Black Student Union hosts living history to commemorate Black History Month
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT – Black history came to the present Tuesday. Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, and more figureheads of the Civil Rights Movement spent some time in Fairmont State University’s Falcon Center, where they had also set up some informational posters pertaining[Read More…]
W.Va. AG discusses Supreme Court case
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is working to protect a historic cross honoring World War I veterans in a potentially landmark case set for oral arguments today before the U.S. Supreme Court. West Virginia leads a 29-state coalition hoping to protect[Read More…]
West Virginia Delegates prep amendments to Campus Carry Act
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would allow people with permits for concealed handguns to carry on college campuses has multiple amendments pending this morning. House Bill 2519, creating the Campus Self Defense Act, was moved to third reading with the[Read More…]
Save the Date: WVU Academic Media Day is April 1
Topic: “The impact of a changing climate on West Virginia” MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University, the state’s only R1, or very high research, university, will kick off its inaugural Research Week on Monday, April 1, with the next session of Academic Media Day, where assorted researchers from around campus discuss[Read More…]
Recovery residence certification bill moves in West Virginia Senate
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As more people need safe communities to begin recovery from addiction, legislators are working to pass a law to ensure those spaces are safe to live in. The Senate Health and Human Resources Committee on Tuesday passed House Bill 2530, which will[Read More…]
Eads named WVU’s 66th Mountaineer Mascot
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University sophomore Timothy Eads can cross off one item from the bucket list he created his freshman year of high school—to serve as the Mountaineer Mascot. Eads heard his name announced as the next Mountaineer tonight (Feb. 25) at the men’s basketball game vs.[Read More…]
Ready for spring: Birdwatching and nature courses set for March
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — New River Community and Technical College will be hosting bird watching and nature exploration community education classes across southern West Virginia in March. The courses will include both classroom instruction and outdoor experience. Bird watching classes will be two-day programs between 3 and[Read More…]
WV House adopts amendment to phase in steam coal tax cuts
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Urged by Delegate Eric Nelson, R-Kanawha, to take a cautionary approach to reducing the state severance tax on steam coal, the West Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday adopted Nelson’s amendment to phase in a reduction of the tax from 5 percent[Read More…]
