By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — In 1837, Alfred Beckley visited modern-day Blue Jay, and the Beckley founder noted a mystery that baffled him and would baffle generations after him — the remnants of a “fort” near Beaver Creek. The Cartography Club of the Raleigh County Historical Society will hold a[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. —‚ What do you imagine is in the future for Appalachia? West Virginia University Libraries is developing an interdisciplinary exhibit for 2019-20 themed around “Appalachian Futures.” The WVU Libraries’ Arts in the Libraries Committee is seeking content from scholars, artists, community groups and practitioners from a[Read More…]

The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va.  — The West Virginia Farm Bureau’s Mobile Agriculture Education Science Lab will visit Jennings Randolph Elementary School during the week of Dec. 10-14. The 40-foot lab is a fully self-contained unit equipped with multiple research stations. A retired or certified teacher guides students while they conduct[Read More…]

By EMILY KEEFER The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Local author Matthew “Maasaw” Howard’s first book, “Adonvdo Yona Bear Spirit Mountain: An Ancestral Awakening,” gained national attention among the 2,000-plus entries in the American Book Fest’s “Best New Book” category. The book, published through AuthorHouse self-publishing company, took second place. According[Read More…]

By JAKE JARVIS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — West Virginia University President Dr. E. Gordon Gee is working to convince other college presidents to agree to a proposal to scrap the state Higher Education Policy Commission and replace it with a similar agency. Gee said a request for $10 million[Read More…]

By GRETCHEN KALAR The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Quoits is the game Marshall University students and faculty participate in yearly in celebration of John Marshall’s birthday. “Quoits is an old game that goes back until at least the 1700’s,” President Jerry Gilbert said. “It pre-dated John Marshall. It was his[Read More…]

By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency penalized West Virginia for noncompliance with disaster recovery grants, but state officials can’t agree on who was ever informed of the sanction. In a letter dated Nov. 12, 2015, FEMA wrote to the then-director of the state[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SCIENTIST REPORTS 2ND GENE-EDITED PREGNANCY Chinese researcher He Jiankui, who claims to have helped make[Read More…]

By TABITHA JOHNSTON The Shepherdstown Chronicle SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. —  “My grandfather’s clock was too tall for the shelf, so it stood 90 years on the floor. It was taller by half than the old man himself, but it weighed not a pennyweight more,” quoted O’Hurley’s General Store Owner Jay O’Hurley,[Read More…]