PARKERSBURG, W.Va. – Jan Dils Attorneys at Law is partnering with West Virginia University Parkersburg to provide support for local student veterans. The law firm’s Freedom Fun Run 5K raised $12,500 in funds for WVU Parkersburg’s student veterans and the Veterans Resource Center. This annual event brings in proceeds each[Read More…]
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W.Va. Delegate Sharon Lewis Malcolm dead at 72
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, today issued the following statement on the death of Delegate Sharon Lewis Malcolm, R-Kanawha, who passed away peacefully in her sleep over the weekend at the age of 72. “It is with great shock and sadness that we mourn the sudden loss[Read More…]
Media Alert: WVU Academic Media Day on state’s economy set for Monday, Oct. 7
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It’s time again for an Academic Media Day at West Virginia University. On Monday, Oct. 7, WVU — the state’s only R1, or very high research, university — will present several researchers discussing various aspects of the West Virginia economy. Register today: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0d48a8aa28a6fe3-academic5 Topics range from how arts can[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, Sept. 30
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The regional bureau of The Associated Press shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP ALLIES STRUGGLE OVER HOW TO MANAGE IMPEACHMENT THREAT Republicans’ talking points[Read More…]
Editorial: Everyone in W.Va. was wrong on income growth (including this newspaper)
From the Charleston Gazette-Mail: In an editorial over the summer, we applauded the news that West Virginia had the best income growth rate in the country for the first quarter of 2019. But we tempered that with the context that growth rates here were largely linked to temporary economic boosts from[Read More…]
Macy’s distribution center in Martinsburg, W.Va., looks to fill 6,000 jobs
By Kelsie LeRose, The Journal of Martinsburg MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Macy’s West Virginia Fulfillment Center in Martinsburg has announced a hiring spree of more than 6,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal jobs. The new hires will assist with packaging customers order placed online and on the Macy’s mobile application. “These Macy’s[Read More…]
Allowing counties a tax option: County Commission Association of W.Va. to promote Home Rule addition
By GREG JORDAN, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — PRINCETON — Allowing West Virginia’s counties to have a tax option being used by municipalities in the state’s Home Rule program will be among the legislation being promoted next year by the County Commission Association of West Virginia (CCAWV). During previous[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. county must reduce need for substitute teachers
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: Between paying for substitutes to fill in for absent employees and “incentivizing” teachers and service personnel to show up for work, Ohio County Schools pays out more than $2.7 million a year. That is an improvement over the past. Absenteeism has been a chronic concern among[Read More…]
Advocates say millions being wasted at W.Va. psychiatric hospitals through unnecessary confinement
By Erin Beck, for The Times West Virginian CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Disability rights advocates say that state-owned psychiatric hospitals in West Virginia are confining patients found not guilty by reason of mental illness for years after those patients are well, wasting millions that could be used reducing the need for[Read More…]
Editorial: Presient Long puts W.Va. Tech on a necessary course correction
From the Register-Herald of Beckley: As colleges large and small across the American landscape struggle against economic headwinds buffeting budgets and family finances, West Virginia University Institute of Technology President Carolyn Long seems to be correcting the curriculum and support services on the Beckley campus to appeal to a broader[Read More…]
