By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Gayle Manchin hopes her termination as West Virginia Secretary of Education and the Arts this week forces Gov. Jim Justice to move swiftly on a bill that eliminates the secretary’s position, and moves programs within the department to other[Read More…]
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WVU Festival of Ideas to host a discussion on ‘Industries of the Future’ with Alec Ross
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Alec Ross, West Virginia native and New York Times best-selling author, will visit West Virginia University as the next speaker in the David C. Hardesty, Jr. Festival of Ideas series March 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. Ross will provide insight on the[Read More…]
Veterans committee preparing for replica Vietnam Memorial Wall stop in West Virginia
By JEFFREY SAULTON The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG — For the first time since 2014 a traveling replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall will be in Parkersburg City Park in September. Bill Shepherd, chairman of the Special Veterans Project Committee, said the wall is a tribute. “All of the[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, March 14
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHO CLAIMED VICTORY IN PENNSYLVANIA RACE Before the absentee ballots were completely counted in a[Read More…]
Justice fires Gayle Manchin from West Virginia Department of Education and Arts
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday night that he had fired Education and the Arts Secretary Gayle Manchin, wife of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., after she sent out a news release in which she offered to “resign to remove any political pressure.” “She[Read More…]
Media Alert: Register now for WVU’s Academic Media Day on WV Forward Initiative
Event is Monday, March 19, in Morgantown MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Since West Virginia University President Gordon Gee introduced West Virginia Forward at last year’s West Virginia Chamber’s annual meeting, there has been lot said about the initiative among WVU, the State Department of Commerce and Marshall University, and ways it[Read More…]
With new members named, West Virginia PEIA task force starts work Tuesday
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A panel tasked with spending the next nine months studying West Virginia’s Public Employees Insurance Agency to find ways to reduce growing costs and resolve funding issues will meet for the first time Tuesday — after Gov. Jim Justice corrected what many[Read More…]
Optimism about ethane cracker abounds around Ohio Valley
By JENNIFER COMPSTON-STROUGH The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register COLUMBUS, Ohio — New details revealed Monday about a potential ethane cracker plant in Belmont County increased state and local officials’ optimism about the project. Gov. John Kasich and JobsOhio’s John Minor joined PTT Global Chemical and Daelim representatives in officially announcing that[Read More…]
Quick Response Teams take personal approach to ODs
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A simple small town value may soon prove to be one of the most effective methods in reversing the damage of the opioid epidemic in Huntington — once dubbed the “Overdose Capital of America” by national media. To know your neighbor and their[Read More…]
West Virginia & Regional History Center debuts new archives research website
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia & Regional History Center at West Virginia University Libraries has launched a powerful new tool to assist researchers anywhere in the world who have an interest in exploring the history of the Mountain State and its region. The Center’s new Guide to[Read More…]