By MARY CATHERINE BROOKS The Register-Herald OCEANA, W.Va. — Craig Rhodes knows what it’s like to spend months in an intense drug recovery program only to come home and find there is no support system in place. “In Wyoming County, you’re on your own,” Rhodes emphasized. It should not be difficult[Read More…]
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Huntington fire chief talks addiction, second chances
By ALEC BERRY The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — As fire chief in a city where almost 30 people overdosed in a four-hour period last year, Jan Rader finds herself at ground zero of a crisis she believes “could very well bankrupt our country.” Rader — who was[Read More…]
WVU Medicine Children’s is growing into new tower
Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University Hospitals announced Thursday plans to construct a 10-story tower dedicated to WVU Medicine Children’s to address capacity issues and better serve the health-care needs of all of West Virginia’s women and children. As a result of the project, 150 beds will be added[Read More…]
Nursing home promotes awareness through dementia simulator
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Derrick Barr stumbles through a room, trying to sort silverware and fold laundry, but his hands don’t seem to be doing what he wants. He walks to the other end of the room, but his feet feel heavy and his ears are ringing.[Read More…]
Statler College unveils measuring lab
By CONOR GRIFFITH The State Journal MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Students in the West Virginia University Statler College’s petroleum and natural gas engineering program have a new tool to acclimate them to conditions in the natural gas industry. With representatives from Dominion Energy and the Dominion Foundation, WVU students and faculty[Read More…]
WVU certified navigators available to help with enrollment for the 2018 healthcare insurance market, open through Dec. 15
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Individuals and families who need assistance understanding health insurance options and applying for coverage are invited to meet with a healthcare navigator through the WV Healthy Start Navigator Project. The 2018 enrollment season started on Nov. 1 and will continue through Dec. 15. In West[Read More…]
Steel of WV’s sewer rate challenge will head to PSC
By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Representatives with Steel of West Virginia have decided to take their sewer rate dispute with the Huntington Sanitary Board to the Public Service Commission of West Virginia following a ruling from West Virginia’s high court. In its opinion filed Tuesday, the West Virginia[Read More…]
W.Va. DNR reminds hunters to obey laws, hunt safely
By VELICIA DELQUENNE The Exponent Telegram SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the deer firearms seasons beginning Monday, the Law Enforcement Section of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources reminds everyone to take precaution and be aware of laws regarding safety and lands open to hunting. Any person who hunts[Read More…]
Financing for planned Greenbrie r synthetic fuel plant moves forward
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A company planning to build a $73 million synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County took another step forward in financing its development Thursday, as the West Virginia Economic Development Authority approved two items to help advance the plant’s construction. The items approved[Read More…]
Tygart Hotel purchased by development group
By BRAD JOHNSON The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — A community development group has purchased the Tygart Hotel and plans to spend $11 million to restore the historic building and rebrand it as a boutique hotel. Dave Clark, executive director of Woodlands Development Group, told Elkins City Council about the project[Read More…]