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Path to W.Va. House speaker’s office started early
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Looking back, one could probably say incoming Speaker of the House Tim Armstead is right where he was meant to be. Armstead first developed an interest in government as a young teenager, during Gov. Arch Moore’s administration. From there, he served as student body president of Braxton[Read More…]
It won’t hurt students to learn about climate controversy
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — School curriculum disputes have a long and fraught history in West Virginia, which makes the current uproar over changes by the Board of Education to K-12 standards on climate change somewhat understandable. There may indeed be legitimate questions about the[Read More…]
Lines form over W.Va. climate-change curriculum
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Academics and citizen groups are gearing up opposition to the West Virginia Board of Education’s alterations to science education standards on climate change, with the release Tuesday afternoon of a report outlining damage that global warming is already doing to state’s Allegheny Highlands and a unanimous vote by West[Read More…]
W.Va. school board flunks science
An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — We ’re not experts on climate science. But we’re smart enough to heed those who are. In May, the Institute of Physics published the results of a comprehensive study of 4,000 peer-reviewed, scientific article summaries and reported 97 percent of scientists believe that recent[Read More…]
Two major polls rank Marshall football in top 25
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For the first time in 12 years, Marshall University ended a football season ranked in the Top 25 of two major polls. On Tuesday, The Associated Press released that Marshall finished No. 23 while the Amway Coaches Poll had the Herd pegged No. 22 at season’s end.[Read More…]
Marshall pays tribute to its late president
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — On a candlelit stage in the Cam Henderson Center, Marshall University paid tribute to one of its own Tuesday afternoon. Numerous speakers painted a portrait of Dr. Stephen J. Kopp as an aggressive yet knowledgeable and thoughtful leader, father and friend during a public memorial ceremony attended[Read More…]
Wheeling to use gas royalties for demolitions
WHEELING, W.Va. — Royalty money from natural gas drilling beneath Oglebay Park is helping Wheeling break its reliance on federal funding to tear down abandoned, blighted buildings throughout the city. City Council is preparing to spend about $125,000, which includes the cost of asbestos abatements, with Edgco Inc. of Lansing[Read More…]
Reinforce public’s right to information
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia has very strict open government laws regarding both public documents and meetings of public bodies ranging from city councils to state agencies. But too often public officials benefit from loopholes in the statutes. And too often, public officials simply[Read More…]
W.Va. beekeeper eager to share his passion
HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — Some say that therapy can take all forms -even the honeybee. And thanks to the West Virginia Veterans and Warriors to Agriculture Project, for a growing number of veterans in the area, beekeeping is now buzzworthy. Just ask Ed Forney, the owner of Geezer Ridge Farm, a[Read More…]