WILLIAMSON, W.Va. – Mingo County Schools may be required to cut professional employment in the school system by 10 percent for the 2016 – 2017 school term because of the lack of state funding due to declining enrollment in area schools. The lack of funding could result in the loss[Read More…]
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State schools chief shares ‘habits’ with Beckley kids
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Dr. Michael Martirano is on tour right now, rolling from county to county and school to school, to see how local educators are doing. When the state schools superintendent West Virginia walked into Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary, he found three fifth-graders waiting to take him around the school. As[Read More…]
WVU food bank serves students who would otherwise skip meals
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — While in college, it’s not uncommon for students to skip meals to pay for other expenses like tuition and textbooks, according to Jaqueline Dooley, program coordinator in the Office of Student Engagement and Leadership. As a consequence, Dooley said grades often suffer. “The associated stigma (is) that[Read More…]
Visiting Irish dignitary notes West Virginia’s Scots-Irish ancestry
CEDAR LAKES, W.Va. — The first female consul general of Ireland paid the first visit in the New York City Consulant’s history to West Virginia this week. In her history-making trip, Barbara Jones was on a mission to spread the word about the Emerald Isle’s history and culture and meet[Read More…]
Berkeley County lawmaker to run for treasurer
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — State Delegate Larry W. Faircloth, R-Berkeley, has announced he will not seek re-election to the West Virginia House of Delegates. Rather, he said he will run for state treasurer. “If elected as West Virginia State Treasurer, my first action in that office will be to order an[Read More…]
Existence of more guns increases need for safety
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Guns seem to be selling better than ever this year. Although no one source tracks all gun sales, one key indicator is the number of background checks done by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Those checks are required for in-store[Read More…]
Sabraton to get latest ‘Little Free Library’
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Deckers Creek Trail might at first seem like the last place to check out a library book, but the MOMS Club of Morgantown and Friends Of Deckers Creek have other plans. The two groups partnered to bring a Little Free Library to Sabraton. Volunteers worked to stain[Read More…]
Busy week got busier after White House call
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The staff at the East End Family Resource Center was already expecting a busy week this week, as they planned a block party and one of their biggest fundraisers of the year. Then the White House called. “So as if this week wasn’t already going to be[Read More…]
Two GOP challengers emerge in W.Va.’s 2nd District
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Rep. Alex Mooney will have at least two Republican primary opponents in his quest for re-election in May. Marc Savitt, a mortgage provider in Jefferson County, announced his candidacy on Tuesday, joining Ken Reed, a Morgan County pharmacist, as declared challengers to Mooney. “Washington is broken,” Savitt,[Read More…]
Yeager officials want state Rainy Day money
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Yeager Airport officials are poised to ask Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and the West Virginia Legislature to tap the state’s Rainy Day Fund for the $25 million to $35 million they believe is needed to begin rebuilding the safety-overrun zone that collapsed in a March 12 landslide.[Read More…]
