The Morgan Messenger BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — We are saddened to learn of the death this morning of John Douglas, the former longtime editor of this paper and The Hancock News. He died at his Berkeley Springs home with family present. Douglas became a reporter for the papers in 1974[Read More…]
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Fairmont State Board of Governors names Dr. Martin president-elect
Staff report The Exponent Telegram FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The Fairmont State University Board of Governors has selected Dr. Mirta M. Martin as president-elect of the university, pending approval from the Higher Education Policy Commission. Martin, who was present for the meeting, is scheduled to officially begin her presidency on Jan.[Read More…]
Report: Many WV jobs don’t pay living wage
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has always been known as a place where people have to work incredibly hard in order to barely get by. The recently released 10th annual “State of Working West Virginia” report for 2017 shows that poverty is a persistent problem in[Read More…]
WVU Reed College of Media launches new Sports and Adventure Media major
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media has developed the only known undergraduate major in the country to focus on sports and adventure media. With its big-time college sports programs and beautiful natural setting, the Mountain State is a mecca for sports and adventure enthusiasts, and[Read More…]
Frontier won’t return $4.7M in broadband funds to WV
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Frontier Communications won’t give back any of the $4.7 million in stimulus funds that the federal government says the state overpaid Frontier as part of a statewide project that aimed to expand high-speed internet, the company told state officials this week. A[Read More…]
Federal grants announced for WV projects to help coalfield communities
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Eight West Virginia projects will receive a total of about $8.2 million in funding from the federal Economic Development Administration as part of a new initiative to support economic development in areas hit by the coal industry’s decline, the U.S. Department of[Read More…]
VA spokesman: Data skewing limited to one hospital
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The intentional skewing of patient data at the Veterans Administration hospital in Harrison County only affected that facility, a spokesman said Tuesday. Clinics in Wood County and elsewhere in the state were unaffected, said Wesley Walls, public affairs officer[Read More…]
Counsel: Clarksburg VA manipulated patient data
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Patient data was intentionally manipulated at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg to artificially reduce reported wait times and the volume of patient visits, the U.S. Office of the Special Counsel said in a press release.[Read More…]
Feds order WV to pay back $4.7M misspent on broadband project
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal agency is demanding the state of West Virginia return $4.7 million in misspent funds paid to Frontier Communications as part of a much-criticized project designed to expand high-speed internet across the state. The U.S. Commerce Department’s payment demand follows an[Read More…]
WVPA adds public notice categories to advertising, editorial contests
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia newspaper industry works hard to ensure greater public access, open meetings and government transparency. Now there is an industry incentive for that effort. The WVPA is targeting those areas in the WVPA newspaper contests. There will be two new contest categories considered for the 2017[Read More…]
