By BREANNA FRANCIS The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – The first renewable energy facility of its kind in the United States, Martinsburg’s own Entsorga, finishes final preparations as the facility prepares to begin taking its first loads of waste at the end of March. The renewable energy facility has been an[Read More…]
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Help available for West Virginians with gambling addiction
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — March is National Problem Gambling Awareness Month and a statewide problem gambling treatment group is urging anyone who feels their gambling activity may be crossing a line to get a free anonymous screening. The Problem Gamblers Help Network of West Virginia, which[Read More…]
WVU Libraries opens Congressman Arch Moore archives, releases digital photographs
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University Libraries’ West Virginia & Regional History Center has opened the congressional archives of former U.S. Congressman and West Virginia Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. and released digitized photographs that document Moore’s decade in the House of Representatives. A native of Moundsville, Arch A.[Read More…]
Hundreds turn out for first education forum hosted by West Virginia Department of Education
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch ONA, W.Va. — Education reform, and the seemingly countless options and opinions for how that might take shape in West Virginia, generated considerable buzz during the state legislative session – energy that’s yet to subside with a special session now imminent. Cabell Midland High School[Read More…]
Seeing no big HEPC changes ahead, interim chancellor Carolyn Long leaving; hopes to return to WVU Tech presidency
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former West Virginia University Institute of Technology president Carolyn Long said Monday she plans to leave “in the next month or so” her position as the state Higher Education Policy Commission’s interim chancellor. She said she hopes to return to the WVU[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, March 19
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘YOU WON’T HEAR ME SPEAK HIS NAME’ New Zealand’s prime minister says she will do[Read More…]
W.Va. Sen. Patricia Rucker: Omnibus bill should be brought back in special session
By MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The chair of the West Virginia Senate Education Committee says she plans to bring all of the items in the defeated education omnibus bill back to the table during the upcoming special session. State Sen. Patricia Rucker, R-Jefferson, spoke[Read More…]
West Virginia’s blue ribbon higher education panel pushes legislation quietly
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Blue Ribbon Commission on Four-Year Higher Education hasn’t had a full meeting since December and never met the deadline for their final report. Yet, a number of their proposals were pushed during the 2019 legislative session. These[Read More…]
Drug company: Bankruptcy ‘is an option’
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As cities and states across the nation grapple with the opioid epidemic and point the finger at the drug manufacturing and distribution industries, Purdue Pharma says bankruptcy is an “option,” The Washington Post reports. The city of Huntington and Cabell County have filed two of[Read More…]
WVU fourth-year medical students learn their residency placements through technology, tradition
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — They might be practicing in state-of-the-art hospitals or using the latest digital charting software, but for West Virginia University School of Medicine fourth-year students, it’s an old-fashioned white envelope that sealed their residency placement fates during Friday’s Match Day events. Match Day is a national[Read More…]
