By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall University hosted the annual West Virginia NAACP Higher Education Summit on Thursday at the university’s Memorial Student Center – an all-day forum of leadership from the state’s universities and African-American communities gathered to gauge how West Virginia retains and develops a diverse population[Read More…]
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April summit to promote business in NCWV
By KAITLYN NEFF Times West Virginian WHITE HALL, W.Va. — The Bridges Without Boundaries North Central West Virginia Business Summit will take place April 10 at The Robert H. Mollohan Research Center in the I-79 Technology Park to celebrate and promote the growth of the region. Marion County Chamber of Commerce[Read More…]
Governor signs West Virginia correctional officers pay raise bill
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill on Thursday that will provide an $8,000 pay raise for correctional officers over the next three years, bumping starting pay to $32,000 a year. Starting July 1, officers of the Division of Corrections, Division of Juvenile[Read More…]
McDowell County leads nation in opioid hospitalizations, study says
By CAITY COYNE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — McDowell County led West Virginia in the number of people hospitalized for opioid related reasons in 2014, according to recently released data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a subset of the federal Department of Health and Human Services. In 2014,[Read More…]
Journalists to present ‘Path to Pulitzer’ at Marshall on Monday
By MICHAELA CRITTENDON The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Two Pulitzer Prize winners will discuss the process of investigating and writing award-winning news stories in the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall April 2 at 7 p.m. “Path to Pulitzer: Journalism and the Informed Citizen” will feature John Hackworth, a 1971 Marshall[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. McKinley seeks solutions to West Virginia’s opioid crisis
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — West Virginia leads the nation in the number of drug overdose cases per capita, and U.S. Rep. David B. McKinley thinks the leaders should learn why as the U.S. government prepares to spend $4 billion to fight opioid addiction[Read More…]
No more West Virginia New River Train? Amtrak will no longer operate charter services, special trains
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — By the end of April, the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society will no longer be allowed to operate any private car moves out of Huntington on Amtrak’s tri-weekly Cardinal train. “Generally, Amtrak will no longer operate charter services or special trains,” said[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, March 30
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, March 30, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SACRAMENTO PROTESTERS HEED CALL TO AVOID DISRUPTING NBA GAME Hours after an emotional interruption at[Read More…]
Governor signs bill eliminating West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice signed off Wednesday on eliminating the Department of Education and the Arts, but in doing so said he will create the Department of the Arts and Culture and History that will answer to him. Justice said no programs will[Read More…]
New employee will make dogged effort to keep West Virginia Yeager Airport’s runways bird-free
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In mid-May, Charleston’s Yeager Airport will bring on board a new employee who will work for free while providing a valuable public safety role and be on call 24 hours a day from his living quarters in the airport’s operations office. It’s a[Read More…]
