Press Release:Join Team Read with WVU Football Coach Neal Brown at Read-a-Palooza CHARLESTON, WV (May 13, 2019) – Read Aloud West Virginia’s annual fundraiser, Read-A-Palooza, is back this year with a special guest: WVU Football Coach Neal Brown! The Read-A-Palooza 2019 theme is “Join Team Read,” exploring how we can[Read More…]
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West Virginia gets mixed review in ability to handle disasters
By ERIC CRAVEY Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — An annual study says West Virginia’s ability to monitor and respond to natural or manmade disasters dropped significantly in 2018 over the previous year. The study released this month by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation said the state’s rating for health[Read More…]
Carmichael: ‘Student Success Act’ only way to fix state’s education system
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, says his newly introduced Student Success Act is the key to fixing the state’s education system. In a press conference Thursday morning, Carmichael spouted statistics, placing West Virginia well below the belt when it comes[Read More…]
West Virginia State Police turn 100
By JENNIFER GARDNER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over West Virginia’s past 100 years, few people have been a part of such hard, yet rewarding moments as the men and women who don traditional green uniforms and campaign hats. This year, as the West Virginia State Police celebrates a century, the[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, May 31
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, May 31, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP ANNOUNCES NEW MEXICAN TARIFFS The president says he’s slapping a 5% tariff on all Mexican[Read More…]
Appalachian music gathering honors the legend of the dulcimer
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian PLEASANT VALLEY, W.Va. – Patty Looman was a dulcimer legend in Marion County. The musician had been playing and performing on the stringed instrument in the area and in West Virginia for much of her life, and her legacy lives on through the students[Read More…]
Mental health programs sought by educators, West Virginia Sen. Ryan Weld, R-Brooke
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Educators are pushing for school mental health programs — like one that exists in Ohio County Schools — to be expanded across West Virginia. State Sen. Ryan Weld, R-Brooke, is facilitating an effort to make mental health care in[Read More…]
West Virginia unemployment rate drops to 11-year low in April
NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s unemployment rate in April was at the lowest level seen in the state for more than a decade, Gov. Jim Justice said Wednesday. Justice said the month’s unemployment rate was just 4.2% — the state’s lowest since 2008. “When you think back to[Read More…]
West Virginia Delegate files response in Justice residency case
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON,, W.Va. — In the next chapter in the ongoing saga over where Gov. Jim Justice should live, the delegate who filed the case laid out his reasons why the case should be heard. Delegate Isaac Sponaugle, D-Pendleton, filed a response[Read More…]
