By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Winter has officially begun. The winter solstice, or the shortest day of the year, takes place today and will see the sun rise later and set earlier than it has throughout the entire year. A meteorologist from AccuWeather explained the phenomenon[Read More…]
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Children learn through playing: Toys aid in teaching technology in Ohio County schools
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Elementary school students might think they’re just playing when they add robotics to Legos, or figure out how to assemble the sections of a toy caterpillar so that it moves and precisely turns across the floor. But technology-based toys[Read More…]
Monongahela National Forest closing Dolly Sods Roads for winter
The Inter-Mountain PETERSBURG, W.Va. — Monongahela National Forest officials are preparing to implement the winter road closures in the Dolly Sods area. Gates on Forest Roads 19 and 75, leading to Dolly Sods, will be closed beginning Jan. 1. “These road closures are put in place for visitor safety,” said[Read More…]
PEIA Finance Board OKs benefits plan with no premium increases, benefit cuts
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board members delivered an early Christmas gift to teachers, school service personnel and public employees, approving a 2019-20 benefits plan featuring no premium increases or cuts in benefits. However, they did roll back a proposal to eliminate[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, December 21
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHY US DEFENSE SECRETARY MATTIS STEPPED DOWN Jim Mattis resigned after clashing with President Donald[Read More…]
Opinion: Freedom of speech and the responsibilities of a free press
The Freedom of the press follows the right of free speech for all citizens. A free and unbiased press should never challenge the right of an individual or group to express an opinion, nor should it dampen expression of free speech by demonizing the source. The press has a responsibility[Read More…]
‘Reasonably necessary’? How natural gas drilling is changing WV’s landscape
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail AL SHAW and MAYETA CLARK Pro Publica CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lee Martin loved her 104-acre farm in Wetzel County, West Virginia. The family raised chickens there and rode horses. The kids played in mud puddles. They all took walks in the woods. Flat land[Read More…]
WVU Medicine CEO outlines his vision to more than 300 system leaders
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Health System President and CEO Albert Wright offered his vision for the future of the system, and healthcare in the state, to more than 300 system leaders Wednesday afternoon. “We’re accomplishing amazing things as a healthcare system,” he said during[Read More…]
WVU professor says West Virginia has great songwriters, could use more help supporting them
By BILL LYNCH Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Texas is not the center of great American songwriting, Travis Stimeling said, despite what the Lone Star State might like the rest of the country to believe. The WVU musicology professor, musician and author of “Songwriting in Contemporary West Virginia: Profiles and[Read More…]
