Topic: “The impact of a changing climate on West Virginia” MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University, the state’s only R1, or very high research, university, will kick off its inaugural Research Week on Monday, April 1, with the next session of Academic Media Day, where assorted researchers from around campus discuss[Read More…]
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West Virginia DMV Commissioner Reed retiring Monday
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The commissioner of the state Division of Motor Vehicles is on her way out after questions over her handling of the Motor Voter program and the rollout of automatic voter registration. In a statement Thursday, the Department of[Read More…]
WVU Medicine ranked among best hospitals in the world by Newsweek
By CONOR GRIFFITH NCWV Media MORGANTOWN. W.Va. — For WVU Medicine, the focus on increasing the quality of care for the state’s patients and research into addressing health issues affecting the people of West Virginia have paid off as the institute was recently recognized by Newsweek as being among the[Read More…]
Fairmont native Kasha Patel to headline Fifth Annual West Virginia Comedy Festival in Buckhannon
By ERIC CRAVEY Times West Virginian FAIRMONT – Kasha Patel pauses and starts to ponder when she’s asked whether she’s shy or not. Could it be because she was the youngest of four and had to fight to be heard? “Perhaps it is familial. I have three older brothers. They’re[Read More…]
Rural America needs more headache specialists, WVU researcher says
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia is short on neurologists. According to David Watson, who directs the West Virginia University Headache Center, the state has just half of the neurologists it needs. This scarcity can cause problems for people with migraine whose primary physicians aren’t trained or equipped to[Read More…]
West Virginia budget includes funding to expand Healthy Grandfamilies program
The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A provision in the recently passed state budget bill will help expand to all 55 counties a West Virginia State University program that aids grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. House Bill 2020, the Fiscal Year 2020 budget bill, includes $300,000 in funding for WVSU’s[Read More…]
Former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield: ‘They’re out to destroy me’
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield told a Philadelphia newspaper Wednesday that recent allegations portraying him as a “sexual predator” are false and part of a conspiracy by those seeking to “destroy” him. A lawsuit filed March 22 in[Read More…]
West Virginia’s Manchin, Capito and Ohio senators push nuclear energy bill
Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WASHINGTON — A bill to encourage innovation in nuclear energy and ensure advanced reactors can provide clean, safe, affordable and reliable power has been reintroduced by the U.S. senators from Ohio and West Virginia. The Nuclear Energy Leadership Act would re-establish U.S. leadership[Read More…]
Appalachian Spring: Children learn about nature at Heritage Farm camp
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Elementary school-age children got an Appalachian spring break experience Thursday at a Spring Break Camp at Heritage Farm Museum and Village in Huntington. Participants got to do some hands-on nature learning through activities like hiking, exploring creeks, a scavenger hunt and dissecting owl pellets. Lunch[Read More…]
