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Amid corruption probes, WV DOH targets workers with second jobs

By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Transportation is reining in its highway engineers and cracking down on employees who have second jobs with private firms that pose a conflict of interest. The measures come amid a federal corruption probe that already has snared[Read More…]

Those over age 55 fare poorly in West Virginia

By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — With West Virginia’s population aging, it’s not encouraging that the state ranks 50th for the second consecutive year in well-being of those over 55, according to a new study released Tuesday. The good news is the state is working on a plan to[Read More…]

Buck harvest down 25 percent from 2015, Preston top county in state

STAFF REPORTS The Preston County News & Journal SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Preliminary data collected from the electronic game checking system indicate deer hunters in West Virginia harvested 45,871 bucks during the two-week buck firearms season which ran from Nov. 21 through Dec. 3, according to Paul Johansen, chief of[Read More…]

Wednesday, Dec. 7: 10 things to know

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. EARTHQUAKE ROCKS INDONESIA’S ACEH PROVINCE The 6.5-magnitude temblor kills at least 97 people[Read More…]

Joint committee on education examines home-school extracurricular activities

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Legislators listened to information Monday on whether students who do not attend public schools should be able to participate in extracurricular activities and what effect an educational savings account program would have on the state. Legislators from both chambers met Monday in[Read More…]

JobsOhio to Provide Funds for Cracker Site Remediation

By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register DILLES BOTTOM, Ohio  — More than $17 million worth of funds derived from Ohio liquor sales are being used to remediate the potential PTT Global Chemical ethane cracker site in Belmont County, officials with JobsOhio said. Today, JobsOhio officials announced a $14 million grant[Read More…]

Study shows more W.Va. students eating school breakfast

By MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A national study found participation in school breakfast programs increasing in West Virginia and Ohio. A study released Monday by the American Dairy Association Mideast said schools participating in the Fuel Up To Play 60 grant program in West[Read More…]

WVU players read to Trinity kids

The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Some of Trinity Christian School’s younger students received some special visitors Dec. 5. Members of the WVU football team — Kyle Ayers, Logan Thimons, Druw Bowen and Reese Donahue — met with the school’s second-grade class. There, they had a read aloud with the[Read More…]

WVU to face Miami in Russell Athletic Bowl

By MIKE CASAZZA Charleston Gazette-Mail MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia didn’t get a bowl game reunion so many of its fans wanted, but there will be a familiar foe across the field on Dec. 28. Faced with the possibility of reigniting the Backyard Brawl earlier than normal, seeing Virginia Tech in[Read More…]

Mountaineers struggle to find back of the net in title game

By SAM HACKE For The Dominion Post SAN JOSE, Calif. — Defense was a hallmark of the WVU women’s soccer team this season — and in a way, it still was in the Mountaineers’ 3-1 loss to USC in Dec. 4’s Women’s College Cup final at Avaya Stadium. The difference[Read More…]

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