MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University fire safety expert offers reminders to help you and your family enjoy a fire-free holiday season full of joy and festivity and protected from potential fire and safety hazards. Mark Lambert, WVU Extension Fire Service director and assistant professor, is available to discuss how to prevent home fires through the holidays and into the new[Read More…]
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Six West Virginia behavioral health centers receive historic designation as Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – In a groundbreaking milestone for the state of West Virginia, six behavioral health centers have been granted provisional status as Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs). This designation marks a significant advancement in the provision of mental health services in the region, as these centers become the[Read More…]
Thomas Hospitals Honors BridgeValley Nursing Students
Fifteen local nursing students receive up to $25,000 for day-to-day expenses West Virginia Press Association SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. – WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals hosted a formal signing ceremony on Dec. 19 honoring fifteen BridgeValley Community & Technical College (BridgeValley) nursing students accepted into the WVU Medicine Aspiring Nurse Program. Because tuition support generally[Read More…]
Grant Street Bridge now open
By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Frigid winds and swirling snow didn’t dampen the celebration Monday when a new bridge reopened and restored a city’s East End and North Side link to the outside world. A ribbon cutting ceremony marked the opening of the new Grant Street[Read More…]
Hearing set for sanctions motion in West Virginia foster care lawsuit
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal magistrate judge has scheduled a hearing to consider a motion for sanctions against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources over the deletion of emails from top former officials. U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl Eifert[Read More…]
Internet maintenance could affect schools, local offices Tuesday
By Sarah Ingram, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Despite not having internet for about 36 hours beginning Tuesday, Cabell County Schools officials said schools should not be affected too much. West Virginia Network announced infrastructure upgrades by Three Rivers Optical, West Virginia Network’s upstream provider, could cause “suboptimal network performance”[Read More…]
West Virginian of the Year: Jim Justice’s popularity soars as does state’s prosperity
By John G. Miller, executive editor, The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Always on. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice likes to describe some of the top performers in his administration as “always stuck on on.” Seems fitting, since their leader exemplifies that trait in all walks of his life. Completing[Read More…]
WVU research merges virtual reality and artificial intelligence to reveal and analyze gigantic images in stunning detail
West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Created by a West Virginia University faculty member and his former graduate student, syGlass — virtual reality software that displays scientific images in immersive 3D — will soon offer AI analysis and cloud-based streaming for extremely large datasets required by scientists like structural biologists. Two related[Read More…]
Student work to be included in U.S. Department of Transportation publication
West Virginia Press Association HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University engineering student and Yeager Scholar Tyler Hebert will become a published writer in the Winter 2024 issue of Public Roads, a magazine published by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. Hebert’s essay, “Intumescent Paint Protection in the Transportation Industry,”[Read More…]
Attorney General Morrisey: Court extends temporary restraining order in NCAA case
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ordered the 14-day temporary restraining order against the NCAA be extended to allow student-athletes burdened by the association’s transfer rule to play through the winter and[Read More…]