By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Archie Farley is no stranger to a good vehicle, specifically classic antiques. Farley, of Sullivan, sat in a picnic chair next to his 1928 Willys Whippet as he explained he modified it to make it look like an old pickup truck. “It[Read More…]

By LINDA COMINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Efforts are underway to implement West Virginia’s new Opioid Reduction Act, which is set to take effect June 7. Susie Mullens, interim director of the West Virginia Office of Drug Control Policy, talked Friday about the act and the[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Class of 2018 isn’t the first to leave college life for a turbulent world. President Gordon Gee earned his first degree 50 years ago amid Viet Nam War protests, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and soon afterward, presidential[Read More…]

By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — WVU Tech students lined up Saturday to graduate, and as they did, it was remembered not only as an educational milestone, but as the first set of students to graduate from WVU Tech’s Beckley campus since the full-year transition from the school’s[Read More…]

By CAITY COYNE Charleston Gazette-Mail KENOVA, W.Va.  — When Taylor Justice graduated from Marshall University in 2014, she felt relieved to start her teaching career almost debt-free. Scholarships covered most of the tuition for her undergraduate degree. Money was tight, but manageable. Still, financial help was always welcome. Early into[Read More…]

By DAVE LAVENDER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After a full week of teaching four English and women’s history classes at Marshall University, you would think the last thing Hilary Brewster would want to do is talk to some more people. But since January, Brewster has been doing just this[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, May 14, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. DEADLY VIOLENCE AHEAD OF US EMBASSY EVENT Several Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire, and[Read More…]

By TIFFANY TOWNER Times West Virginian GRAFTON, W.Va. — Cousins Candice Dady and Marilyn Raschka were touring the Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum a couple days before Mother’s Day. Raschka, of Wisconsin, has visited two times previously, but it was Illinois-resident Dady’s first visit to the home where Anna Jarvis, founder[Read More…]