WVU Today Skylar Braithwaite, the newly named director of the West Virginia University Office of Campus and Community Life, always knew she wanted to make a difference, but she wasn’t sure how. She found just that in her current role leading a group that helps students handle life’s unexpectedchallenges. After growing up[Read More…]
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Princeton designer helps deck the White House for Christmas
By Greg Jordan Bluefield Daily Telegraph BECKLEY – Imagine being checked out by the FBI before you decorate your house for Christmas. This scenario might sound outrageous, but it was a necessary step for a West Virginian who was among the decorators and other professionals invited to share their Christmas[Read More…]
Judge: Creation of charter schools violates West Virginia Constitution
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Intelligencer CHARLESTON – Years after the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals kicked a decision regarding the legalities of the state’s public charter school pilot program back to a Kanawha County judge, that same judge said current and future charter schools may require voter input.[Read More…]
Candlelight vigil draws hundreds in prayer for wounded National Guardsman
By Tom Markland The Journal MARTINSBURG — Hundreds of first responders, service members and residents gathered outside the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday evening for a candlelight vigil honoring Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, the West Virginia National Guardsman critically wounded in a shooting near the White House last week.[Read More…]
Miner safety advocates concerned by MSHA response to Rolling Thunder Mine incident
By Mike TonyCharleston Gazette-Mail The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has told the Gazette-Mail it did not use a monitoring device that can aid emergency search and rescue opera-tions in its response to try to save a mine worker who died after officials say his Nicholas County mine was[Read More…]
MEDIA ADVISORY: WVU Extension to celebrate agritourism, launch new network to support industry
WVU Today WHAT: The West Virginia Agritourism Initiative, a statewide effort led by West Virginia University Extension, will be celebrated at an event that will also include the debut of the Naturally, West Virginia network and website. The two groups work in partnership to strengthen local businesses, preserve Appalachian heritage and share the[Read More…]
MEDIA ADVISORY: WVU president to come to Nicholas County Monday
From WVU Today WHAT: West Virginia University President Michael T. Benson will take his “Welcome Home Tour” of the Mountain State to Nicholas County. WHO: President Benson, Summersville Mayor Robert Shafer and other local and community leaders, University alumni and supporters WHEN AND WHERE: Monday, Dec. 8 Media members are invited to the following tour[Read More…]
Good Things Happening’: Development Authority honors entrepreneurs driving region’s economy
By Greg JordanThe Register-Herald BECKLEY — Celebrating impactful economic development and successful entrepreneurs were the goals Wednesday during the Annual Client Showcase and Awards Banquet hosted by the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority. Convening at the Historic Black Knight Club in Beckley, an audience including local leaders and business[Read More…]
W.Va. state auditor launches redesigned website
From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON — The West Virginia State Auditor’s Office launched a fully redesigned official website Wednesday, offering expanded access to services, financial data and updates from the office, according to a news release. The office said the new site provides improved access to transparency tools that[Read More…]
Miners, including latest to die at work, honored at WV Capitol
By Laura Bilson Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON — Nearly a month after coal miner Steve Lipscomb’s death in the Roll-ing Thunder mine in Nicholas County, miners and their families gathered alongside elected officials and coal company representatives Wednesday for a Blessing for the Miners of West Virginia event at the state[Read More…]