By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Education cut a proposed accountability provision regarding minority students’ graduation rates from its plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, before submitting that plan to the U.S. Education Department. The state department cut the[Read More…]
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Interest in drones is booming with students at SWVCTC
By JD CHARLES The Logan Banner MOUNT GAY, W.Va. —Drones are set to become one of the most popular Christmas gifts this season, and you can learn all about them thanks to a new program at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College. And you may be surprised at how[Read More…]
State Farm Museum light show to return
By ERIN PERKINS Point Pleasant Register POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — An annual holiday tradition is going to be making its return for the season. The West Virginia State Farm Museum’s Christmas light show will be open for display Dec. 8 – 17, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., each night.[Read More…]
Changing health care landscape poses uncertainties
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — With the next wave of health care reform on the horizon, many employers are wondering how to adapt to the potential post-Affordable Care Act era and the changes it may bring. “I wish we had a crystal ball, so we have given up[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, November 30
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT PHOTOS SAY ABOUT NEW NORTH KOREAN BALLISTIC MISSILE Images of the Hwasong-15, a new[Read More…]
EPA greenhouse gas rule hearing in WV draws supporters, opponents
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Supporters and opponents of the Trump administration’s Clean Power Plan repeal turned out Tuesday at the state Capitol, with both sides asking for something they almost certainly can’t have. Coal industry officials and regional political leaders spoke hopefully of a major[Read More…]
EPA hears both sides of Clean Power Plan during Charleston hearing
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — From a 23-year-old North Carolina Council of Churches staffer to the CEO of the nation’s largest privately held coal company, officials of the Environmental Protection Agency heard dozens if not hundreds of people speak in opposition to or in favor of[Read More…]
Sierra Club outlines opposition to repeal of Clean Power Plan
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Although ensconced at the University of Charleston Tuesday, the attention of West Virginia’s Sierra Club was pointed across the Kanawha River at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s public hearing on the repeal of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. Sierra was joined in[Read More…]
Officials voice support of repealing Clean Power Plan in West Virginia Coal Association rally
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Some state officials and industry supporters spoke in favor of repealing the Clean Power Plan at a Tuesday rally outside the Capitol where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is conducting it two-day public comment hearings on the proposed repeal. The West Virginia[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate Taps Former West Liberty University president Rob Capehart as finance counsel
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Former West Liberty University president Rob Capehart has a new job as lead counsel to the West Virginia Senate Committee on Finance. Capehart, of Wheeling, previously served as State Secretary of Tax and Revenue, as a chief administrative[Read More…]