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AFT-WV leader says it’s up to legislators to come up with a good solution
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Amid a statewide work stoppage involving teachers and school service personnel with a main focus to find a source of funding for the state’s Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA), union leaders say it is up to legislators to find that source and reach a[Read More…]
West Virginia school employee strike explained
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is in the middle of its second-ever teacher strike. Teachers, this time joined by school service personnel, walked off the job Thursday, when thousands came to the state Capitol to show their frustration with legislators and Gov. Jim Justice over[Read More…]
Gov. Jim Justice to address teachers in Wheeling this morning
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — As school districts across West Virginia remain closed this morning for a third straight school day due to a statewide teacher strike, Gov. Jim Justice is wading into the fray by scheduling a visit today to Wheeling Park High[Read More…]
West Virginia public schools to stay closed Monday as teacher strike continues
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — All of West Virginia’s public schools will be closed again Monday, the third day of a statewide teacher strike. As of 6:30 p.m. Sunday, school districts in all 55 counties had canceled classes, according to the state Department of Education’s website. In Kanawha County, all[Read More…]
‘In the hands of the legislators’: Education leaders meeting with House leadership today to address concerns
By CHARLIE BOOTH Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After attending a candlelight vigil for public education in Kanawha County Sunday evening, Christine Campbell is hoping today will bring a commitment from the state Legislature that will end the statewide three-day work stoppage of teachers and school service personnel. “We are[Read More…]
Senate to vote on changing West Virginia school calendar rules; other ed bills advance
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Senate is set to vote Monday on a bill that would further change the exceptions to the requirement for public schools to have at least 180 separate instructional days, including newly allowing county superintendents to eliminate five days after the[Read More…]
DNR seeks to expand West Virginia’s big-game hunting calendar past Dec. 31
By JOHN McCOY Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s big-game hunters will probably see substantial changes in their deer, bear and wild boar seasons this fall. State wildlife officials have proposed new season structures for bowhunters and muzzleloader hunters, both of which would allow hunting to continue after the traditional[Read More…]
Huntington teen organizing march on gun issues
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Huntington High School student is currently organizing a local event in protest of more than a dozen school shootings that have occurred in the United States in 2018 the same day an estimated 500,000 people plan to “March for their Lives” in[Read More…]
