By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Just as the new Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education comes together, the state’s Higher Education Policy Commission suspended its search for a new chancellor and appointed the president of West Virginia University Institute of Technology as interim[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With the announcement that Carolyn Long has been selected to temporarily lead the state’s higher education coordination body, Gerald Lang has been named interim campus president at West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley. West Virginia University Provost Joyce McConnell appointed Lang following Long’s[Read More…]

By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a show of force, the Joint Legislative Committee on Flooding has issued its first subpoena as its probe into a stalled flood recovery program advances. The committee announced in a news release that it would meet Thursday and has issued a[Read More…]

By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — With temperatures rising into the 90s consistently throughout June and July, thousands of households throughout West Virginia crank up the A/C in retaliation. But the forces used to beat the heat may end up losing out to the temperature if left[Read More…]

By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A new study has shown teenage drivers are eight times more likely to be involved in a collision or near miss during the first three months after getting a driver’s license. The study, led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said[Read More…]

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Procter & Gamble’s new Tabler Station factory is already developing a Berkeley County character to it, based on an ample number of workers who hail from the area assembling the company’s Bounce dryer sheet line. A handful of employees currently working on[Read More…]

The Inter-Mountain VALLEY HEAD, W.Va.  — As construction gets underway in West Virginia, one Atlantic Coast Pipeline community came together to welcome teams working in Randolph County. With a census population of just over 260 people, the small town of Valley Head extended hospitality to the 50-person work team with[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, July 11, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers 1. NATO SUMMIT OFF TO ROCKY START A testy exchange between Trump and NATO’s secretary general,[Read More…]