WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University continues to be part of a multimillion dollar effort across a 10-university alliance to support STEM education for underrepresented students in Appalachia. Funded for a third phase by a five-year, $3.5 million National Science Foundation grant beginning fall 2018, the Kentucky-West Virginia Louis[Read More…]
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10 things to know: Monday, October 8
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. UN REPORT ON GLOBAL WARMING CARRIES WARNING Preventing an extra single degree of heat could[Read More…]
Kavanaugh clears last hurdle before confirmation with support from Manchin, Capito
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., voted yes on a procedural vote that sets up the confirmation of embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. However, any Senator who voted yes Friday could swing their final passage vote, which could come as soon as Saturday.[Read More…]
Witness: Loughry said it wasn’t justices’ ‘effing business’ where he took W.Va. state cars
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — What started as an attempt to review and possibly revise travel policies in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in 2016 turned into a sparring match via memos, witnesses said Thursday during the criminal trial of suspended Justice Allen Loughry. Thursday[Read More…]
Gazette-Mail’s Ken Ward Jr. receives MacArthur Fellowship
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ken Ward Jr., an award-winning reporter at the Charleston Gazette-Mail and the Charleston Gazette for more than a quarter-century, was today awarded a MacArthur Fellowship – commonly known as a “genius grant” – from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Ward was chosen[Read More…]
West Virginia Ethics Commission OKs employment exemptions, including ex-Lottery attorney Boyd
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ethics Commissioners approved employment exemptions for nine state employees Thursday, including longtime Lottery general counsel Danielle Boyd, who resigned on Wednesday after being placed on indefinite suspension early in September. Commissioners also approved exemptions for eight Division of Highways engineers or administrators,[Read More…]
Fun for all on first day of 2018 West Virginia Pumpkin Festival
By LUKE CREASEY The Herald-Dispatch MILTON, W.Va. – From pumpkin pie fudge and homemade apple butter all the way to chainsaw carving and comedy shows, the 33rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival is off to a hot start this year. The Pumpkin Festival kicked off with a “School Days” celebration[Read More…]
WVU Extension Service invites youths to celebrate 4-H during National 4-H Week
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia youths can join 75,000 of their peers in “discovering the treasures of 4-H” during National 4-H Week, held Oct. 7-13. Youths can go on a treasure hunt to explore the joys of 4-H, trying new experiences, serving their neighbors, gaining life skills and[Read More…]
Southern West Virginia’s Pinnacle Mine closing will result in $1.5 million budget hit for Wyoming County
By MARY CATHERINE BROOKS The Register-Herald Wyoming County’s budget is expected to take a $1.5 million annual hit with Pinnacle Mine, near Pineville, idled as of Thursday and expected to permanently close within two weeks. “It is looking like it will permanently close,” said Bobby Bowman, union president of Local 1713. He said one buyer had[Read More…]
