By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In what is likely to be a speed bump on the fast track to passage, legislation to require public West Virginia colleges and universities to allow people with concealed carry permits to be armed on campus was taken up and advanced by[Read More…]
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WVU researcher joins global tobacco control symposium
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University professor Linda Alexander has focused her work on populations that have not benefitted equally from efforts in tobacco control, including tobacco cessation, education and prevention. This week, she joins researchers from around the world for “Tobacco Control for All: Addressing Smoking Disparities for[Read More…]
West Virginia House Education Committee passes school calendar changes
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates Education Committee passed a bill on a voice vote Thursday that would shorten the calendar year by 10 days, and implement a statewide start date, Sept. 1, and end date, May 31. The bill, House Bill 2433, will now[Read More…]
Effort to restore funds to West Virginia horse, greyhound racing industry approaches finish line
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An effort to restore $11 million annually to the purse funds for horse and greyhound racing at state casinos is up for passage in the House of Delegates today after a lengthy amendment debate Thursday. Senate Bill 13[Read More…]
Manchin discusses economic opportunities in southern West Virginia
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — In a room full of business leaders, entrepreneurs, regional and local government officials, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., opened by talking about banana bread. Telling a story of his grandfather who ran a grocery store, the senator said his grandparents would get[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, February 22
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. LIGHTS, CAMERA, CLUES Chicago’s vast network of surveillance cameras, with more than 32,000 mounted on[Read More…]
‘Clean’ pay raise bill for school workers, troopers heads to West Virginia House floor
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After Tuesday’s sudden death of a colossal education overhaul package, a West Virginia House of Delegates committee sent one of its main pieces — a pay raise for teachers, school service workers and State Police — to the House floor. Heeding a[Read More…]
WV Army National Guard uses Blackhawk to rescue stranded motorist in Ritchie County, WV
Staff report NCWV Media ELLENBORO — Aircrew members of the West Virginia Army National Guard’s Company C, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion (MEDEVAC), located in Williamstown, provided a successful aerial rescue mission via a U.S. Army HH-60 Blackhawk for a civilian trapped in his vehicle due to floodwaters at approximately[Read More…]
Senator Manchin speaks with Wesleyan students, but doesn’t really answer THE question
By AMANDA HAYES The Inter-Mountain BUCKHANNON — Will U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin III run for governor again? It’s a question the senior U.S. senator from West Virginia and former governor keeps getting asked. Last week, West Virginia MetroNews commentator Hoppy Kercheval asked Manchin the question. This time it was asked[Read More…]
2019 WVU Academy of Distinguished Alumni to be honored in May
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Four prominent leaders in the fields of public relations, library science, finance, and medicine will join an influential group of West Virginia University graduates as this year’s inductees into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni at the Erickson Alumni Center May 17 at 6 p.m. Receiving one of the highest honors[Read More…]
