ELKINS, W.Va. — A computer will be purchased for every 11th grader in Randolph County public schools, expanding on a multi-year initiative to develop a one-to-one student to computer ratio county wide. The Randolph County Board of Education approved the purchase of 273 laptops Tuesday. The computers, which will be[Read More…]
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Teen rescued from roiling river in Audra State Park
AUDRA STATE PARK, W.Va. — Tragedy was averted Tuesday afternoon as a group of emergency personnel and volunteers rescued a teenage girl from the Middle Fork River. Swift water swept Maddy Good, 17, of Illinois, off her feet and down the river while swimming with her brother, Alex. The pair[Read More…]
Stop predators in our schools
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — When police arrested a Boone County, W.Va., teacher last week, it brought to three the number of allegations of sex crimes against students by educators in that county, during just the past three months. But a West Virginia State Police sergeant’s comment[Read More…]
WVU camp hosts build-a-bike workshop
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU’s Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources hosted a workshop on its campus Tuesday, July 7, combining outdoor fun and science. Andrew Hoover, with the WVU Research Corp., said the day’s course showed campers how to assemble a bicycle from scratch. “We started with just[Read More…]
PSC should reject rate policy change requests
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — As the state Public Service Commission considers a policy change request from two of the state’s largest utilities, we hope commissioners keep consumers in mind. West Virginia American Water and Mountaineer Gas have asked the PSC to change how it calculates rates.[Read More…]
Gassaway food bank recovering from fiscal woes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite financial struggles that nearly crippled its program earlier in the year, folks at West Virginia’s largest food bank say it is recovering, and has distributed more than five million pounds of food between then and the end of June. The Mountaineer Food Bank in Gassaway has distributed[Read More…]
GOP lawmakers subpoena prevailing wage documents
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a highly unusual move, legislative leaders subpoenaed the acting director of WorkForce West Virginia on Tuesday, demanding documents they contend show the state agency relied on data “provided by outside labor interests” to develop a new methodology for recalculating the state’s prevailing wage rates. But a[Read More…]
New DMV policy extends transgender equality
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Transgender West Virginians may now be photographed for their driver’s license without being required to remove a wig, jewelry or makeup, a now-banned policy LGBT advocacy groups considered humiliating and unconstitutional. The rule change was made official Tuesday when the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles rewrote its[Read More…]
DNR says Cabell man kept two pet deer in home
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Cabell County man was visited by authorities over the weekend after Division of Natural Resources police learned he was keeping two deer as pets inside his mobile home. Division of Natural Resources Officer Joshua Adessa said the man, whom he declined to identify because of an[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, July 8
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. MORE DEADLINES LOOM FOR GREECE Athens’ eurozone creditors demand[Read More…]
