By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — In an effort to keep the state’s voter registration rolls as up to date as possible, the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday mailed about 130,000 postcards to registered voters whose addresses have been flagged as outdated. By updating voter registrations,[Read More…]
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W.Va. students show improvement in math on statewide assessment
Staff reports The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia students showed improvement in math in six of the seven grade levels assessed on the 2017 statewide summative assessments, and half of the students in grade 11 were proficient in English language arts, according to results released Wednesday at the[Read More…]
Young adults to take on state’s issues at conference
By SARAH HOFMANN The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — When young people gather at Marshall University next month for the second Young WV Power Building Conference, they won’t be looking to identify problems. The emphasis will be finding solutions for them, according to Matt Jarvis, Marshall University’s Student Body president. Jarvis and[Read More…]
Contestants and chickens judged on how well they perform
By JOHN McVEY The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — — Dominick Gagum waited patiently with his grandmother, Mary Vanorsdale, Wednesday afternoon, to be called for the Berkeley County Youth Fair Junior Poultry Showmanship competition. Eleven-year-old Dominick has been a member of the Tomahawk 4-H Warriors for three years. He also is[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, Aug. 10
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. AP ANALYSIS: TRUMP THROWS NORTH KOREA STRATEGY A CURVE By inflaming the situation, the president[Read More…]
WVU providing multi-pronged approach solving the opioid crisis
Staff report The State Journal MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — President Donald Trump was briefed Tuesday about the opioid crisis in the U.S., after last week receiving a report from the Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis calling opioid addiction a “state of emergency.” West Virginia University experts say[Read More…]
Candidates: West Virginia’s Democrats need new leadership
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — New leadership is needed in the West Virginia Democratic Party, two former Democratic candidates for governor said on Tuesday. “Sometimes you got to get a new head coach,” said Jeff Kessler, a former president of the state Senate who[Read More…]
Super PACs already involved in Senate GOP primary race in WV
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail With the 2018 GOP primary for a West Virginia U.S. Senate seat nine months away, super PACs are getting in the game and laying groundwork for an attack-laden campaign season. Two of the three Republicans in the race, U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins and state Attorney[Read More…]
WVU Tech’s engineering lab is ready for new year
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald As West Virginia University Institute of Technology is set to open its doors with its official first day of classes Aug. 16, the new state-of-the-art Engineering Laboratory (ELAB) on campus is ready to welcome the first set of students to put the facility to use.[Read More…]
‘We need to dream big’: Bluefield officials counting on positive 2020 Census report
By CHARLES OWEN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — With a current population of 10,477 citizens, officials in Bluefield are counting on a positive 2020 U.S. Census report. The city must maintain a population of more than 10,000 citizens to retain its class two municipal designation. In what was the first meeting for[Read More…]
