WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Managing diabetes and high blood pressure can feel like a solitary enterprise dependent on relationships with objects (like pills or foods) and activities (like brisk walks or early bedtimes) instead of relationships with people, but a group of West Virginia Universityresearchers is hoping to change[Read More…]
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Pierpont Community & Technical College culinary team to represent West Virginia in New York cook-off
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. – After months of practice and preparation, Kayleb Band found himself in a race against the clock to complete a four-course meal. Band and the rest of the team members of Pierpont Community & Technical College’s culinary competition team managed to beat[Read More…]
Work by Mid-Ohio Valley photographers showcased in West Virginia calendar
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A picture by a St. Marys woman whose hobby is photography was chosen for the cover of a calendar being published by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Transportation. Ronda Knight’s photo of goldenrod[Read More…]
Weirton looks to establish land bank
By CRAIG HOWELL The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — The City of Weirton may soon begin the process of establishing its own land bank. The issue was raised by Ward 4 Councilman George Ash during Monday’s Weirton Council meeting. “I’m not sure how it works,” Ash said, suggesting the[Read More…]
Ski season set to open this week in Wheeling, Seven Springs
By HEATHER ZIEGLER The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register SEVEN SPRINGS, Pa. — Mother Nature is expected to aid in the snow-making process in time for the official opening of the winter ski season beginning this weekend in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania and in Wheeling. Seven Springs Mountain Resort will[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, December 14
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHO REPUBLICANS ARE BLAMING FOR ALABAMA SENATE LOSS Former White House strategist Steve Bannon is[Read More…]
West Virginia’s Green Bank scope tracks object for signs of alien design
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail GREEN BANK, W.Va. — Could a mysterious, cigar-shaped object believed to have come from another star system and now streaking toward Jupiter at speeds approaching 200,000 miles per hour be a probe from a distant civilization? Probably not, according to scientists with Breakthrough Listen, the[Read More…]
West Virginia’s adult smoker ranks decline
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The number of adult smokers in the state has declined over the past five years, according to a report released Tuesday by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health. According to the DHHR’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance[Read More…]
West Virginia University president’s Gee Mail: The Best of 2017
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With 2018 lurking around the corner, West Virginia University President Gordon Geebids farewell to the year in this look at the Best of Gee Mail: 2017 edition. “Though I am not one to gaze longingly into the rearview mirror, it is important to reflect on[Read More…]
West Virginia House representatives urging Senate to back CHIP
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Studies have shown if Congress does not reauthorize CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program), costs would increase for children with chronic conditions and overall children’s health could worsen. In a release Tuesday, Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., said he is urging the Senate to[Read More…]
