By KELSIE LEROSE Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Mon Health Medical Center is being recognized as the first Baby-Friendly USA designated birth center in the state. The World Health Organization (WHO) Baby-Friendly Hospital initiative approved Mon Health on May 8 after a 19-month process that included various trainings and a[Read More…]
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Fourteen miles of memories for sale in the Eastern Panhandle
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Consider it a 14-mile long candy store for yard sale bargain hunters. Eastern Panhandle residents can literally rummage along a 14 mile line of “pre-owned” merchandise at the 10th annual 14-Mile Yard Sale on May 27. The one-day event, which unofficially kicks[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, May 25
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, May 25, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. UK ANGERED BY US BOMBING LEAKS British security and law enforcement officials are reviewing whether[Read More…]
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston purchases Wheeling Jesuit University
Staff report The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling Jesuit University has been purchased by the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston to assure the future of the only Catholic university in West Virginia. Earlier this year, WJU’s board of trustees appealed to the diocese to take action to help secure[Read More…]
Manchin reps meet with public
By DANYEL VANREENEN The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Constituents have concerns, and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., believes it’s a senator’s responsibility to listen to those concerns. In an effort to make government more accessible to everyone, Manchin kicked his ninth annual “Commonsense Connections” week off Monday. According to representatives,[Read More…]
Northbound turnpike lanes reopen after daylong crash, HAZMAT closure
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Northbound lanes of the West Virginia Turnpike between North Beckley and Mahan reopened about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday following a daylong closure caused by a hazardous material spill from an overturned tractor-trailer. The truck, transporting industrial-sized batteries, overturned in the northbound lanes near Mahan between 2[Read More…]
Morrisey discusses drug addiction issues during visit to Brooke County
By WARREN SCOTT The Weirton Daily Times WELLSBURG, W.Va. — While meeting Monday with representatives of area schools and community agencies, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said a segment of the youth population that could be prone to drug addiction isn’t one they might have expected. Morrisey visited Brooke Hills[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, May 24
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. BRITAIN STEPS UP MILITARY PATROLS; PROBES ATTACKER’S LIBYA TIES British authorities work to piece together[Read More…]
‘Move at the speed of business’: Secretary of State moves Fairmont office to Clarksburg
By VICTORIA L. CANN The Fairmont News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The Fairmont field office for the West Virginia secretary of state will be moving to Clarksburg to help build on the idea of a “one-stop shop” for business owners and entrepreneurs. Secretary of State Mac Warner said the move is a[Read More…]
Veteran challenges elected officials on health care
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald FAIRLEA, W.Va. — A ribbon-cutting may have been scheduled, but a sort of mini-Town Hall quiz broke out, interrupting the scheduled remarks at the grand opening of the VA’s new outpatient clinic in Fairlea on Monday. Three members of Congress who took turns at the podium[Read More…]
