By Rachel IsabellHD Media WEBSTER SPRINGS — Community members gathered inside city hall on Nov. 28 for a candlelight vigil honoring Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, the 20-year-old Webster County native who died while serving with the West Virginia National Guard in Washington, D.C. The room filled quickly as residents, veterans, civic[Read More…]
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Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club keeping Christmas tradition on track
By Mark SuekThe Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG – The Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club will keep the tradition of toy trains at Christmas alive with two family-oriented events this month. First will be the club’s annual Christmas Open House set for 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Saturday at its facility[Read More…]
Media advisory: WVU to ‘let it glow’ in holiday season kickoff event
WHAT: West Virginia University will officially start the holiday season with the Woodburn Hall Lighting Ceremony on the Downtown area of campus, marking the return of a festive Mountaineer tradition for the first time in more than a decade. WHO: President Michael T. Benson; Kinsey Wolfe, a WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s patient from Tunnelton, her parents, Justin and[Read More…]
Coplin’s hosts ribbon-cutting for Mobile Health Unit Program
PARKERSBURG, WV — Coplin Health Systems hosted a ribbon-cutting celebration for its Mobile Health Unit Program on Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Caperton Center for Applied Technology Center in Parkersburg. Attending the celebration were Coplin Health System leaders and staff, community partners, and funders. The event was opened by Jill[Read More…]
West Virginia Hospital Association announces 2026 board leadership
CHARLESTON, WV – The West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA), representing 78 acute care and specialty hospitals and health systems in West Virginia, recently elected new officers and at-large members for 2026. OFFICERS Chair David GOLDBERG, President & CEO, Mon Health, Morgantown and Executive VP, Vandalia Health Vice Chair/Treasurer DAVID[Read More…]
Historic Fairmont church transformed into community center
By Estaban FernandezTimes West Virginian FAIRMONT — Tuesday afternoon, rain puddled outside the Center of Hope on Cleveland Avenue, an eerie callback to the floods which battered Fairmont five months ago. However this time, the building’s new roof withstood the elements. Rev. Mark Staples, executive director for the Center of[Read More…]
Life’s journey ended 200 years ago for legendary Kanawha frontierswoman
By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Prior to her death 200 years ago this week, “Mad” Anne Bailey cast a giant shadow across the western fringe of the Virginia frontier as a legendary scout and long-distance messenger during an era of bloodshed between European settlers and Native Americans.[Read More…]
Uncontrolled trains, highwalls and rib falls: West Virginia 2025 mine fatalities span diverse hazards
By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON — The death of West Virginia miner Steven Lipscomb following the flooding of Nicholas County mine on Nov. 8 was the fifth mining fatality in West Virginia this year. Information from preliminary and final reports from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration shows the year’s[Read More…]
W.Va. National Guard Soldier dies following D.C. shooting
West Virginia National Guard Press Release CHARLESTON, W. Va. – We are deeply saddened to confirm the death of one of our own, Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia Army National Guard, who was shot in the line of duty near the Farragut Square Metro Station on[Read More…]
Cyber center designed to adapt to future needs, project designers say
By Mary Jane Epling, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — Marshall University’s new Institute of Cyber Security may be built for the ever-evolving digital future, but project designers say the building’s foundation is unmistakably West Virginian — shaped by the surrounding mountains, iconic steel bridges and historic brickwork that define the state’s[Read More…]
