Staff report The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Board of Governors approved a tuition increase of about 5 percent on June 29, as part of its Fiscal Year 2018 budget. The roughly $1 billion budget was unanimously approved at a special meeting. The vote was delayed by state[Read More…]
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Cranberry Mountain Nature Center to present native orchid tour Saturday
Staff report The Mountain Messenger RICHWOOD, W.Va. — Guest speaker Charles Garratt will present the free program Saturday at 10 a.m. The event will begin with a photo presentation and talk followed by a trip to Cranberry Glades and the surrounding area to look at a few of these orchids.[Read More…]
Terra Alta: Celebrating Independence Day for 91 years
By CYNTHIA McCLOUD The Preston County News & Journal TERRA ALTA, W.Va. – Independence Day 1935. A young man with a piercing gaze wearing a newsboy cap and three-piece pinstripe suit poses by one of the tall oak trees in the Terra Alta Community Park. Behind him, a crowd of men[Read More…]
Eastern Panhandle prepares for unthinkable
By DANYEL VANREENEN The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Although West Virginia has not experienced any mass shootings, Nathan Harmon, a BECON active shooter training instructor, said he’s trying to prepare people in the Eastern Panhandle community — teachers, employees, worshippers — about the benefits of situational awareness in the event[Read More…]
White Sulphur Springs celebrates “rebirth” of town
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald WHITE SULPHUR SPRING, W.Va. — The town of White Sulphur Springs showed their spirits were still alive during the town’s Family Fair Saturday — a “rebirth” of the town after last year’s 1,000-year flood. While families gathered to play games, eat food and spend time[Read More…]
Senate faction proposes income tax triggers based on rising sales tax revenue
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republican leaders involved in a conference committee to work out a compromise on a West Virginia tax and revenue bill have proposed rolling back income tax rates based on increases in sales tax revenue. The committee is considering a tax and[Read More…]
Shining up the Big Apple
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — From left: Alexander Cole, Matthew Hausafus, Daniel Price and Max Fitz — Boy Scouts from Troop 29 in Martinsburg — scrap rust and chipped paint from the Big Apple Time Capsule on West King Street Thursday evening in Martinsburg. The project is Max Fitz’s Boy Scout Eagle[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, June 8
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, June 8, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. IT’S COMEY TESTIMONY DAY The fired FBI director will recount conversations with Trump that he[Read More…]
Congress authorizes $70 million for opioid crisis response
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — In an effort to help states, first responders and recovery groups respond to the opioid crisis, Congress has authorized $70 million in federal grants through the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). The three grants are for medication-assisted treatment and behavioral therapy[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, June 5
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, June 5, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHERE AN ARAB RIFT HAS ISOLATED A NATION Four Arab nations cut diplomatic ties to[Read More…]