By Emily D. Coppola for Bluefield Daily Telegraph LASHMEET, W.Va. — While collecting garbage in the Lashmeet area, two Lusk Disposal sanitation workers made contact Thursday with an unknown substance. According to Mercer County Emergency Services Director Tim Farley, the two employees, “Had an adverse reaction and some symptoms,” to[Read More…]
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MakeShop Appalachia encourages West Virginia youth entrepreneurship
By Alayna Fuller for The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Children of the Boys & Girls Club shared their projects and business ideas for the West Side with community leaders and parents at the MakeShop Appalachia Kids Idea Sharing Festival Wednesday in Charleston. “Makeshop Appalachia Entrepreneurship, through coding and design[Read More…]
School bus will be filled with supplies for various schools in Berkeley Co., W.Va.
By Eve Larsh for The Journal of Martinsburg, W.Va. MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Various schools in Berkeley County are about to receive a bus load of what students need for school. Help Us Fill That Bus, an event where a bus is filled with donated school supplies and given to schools,[Read More…]
West Virginia University announces rural telehealth program
From The Herald Dispatch MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A researcher at West Virginia University is heading up a telehealth program to quickly connect people in rural areas with medical care. The college announced the year-long pilot Thursday and said it will start this fall. Participants will have recently left a[Read More…]
W.Va.’s Route 10 improvement project gets $16.9 million funding award
By Emily D. Coppola for Bluefield Daily Telegraph KEGLEY, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday a $16.9 million funding award for the final phase of the West Virginia Route 10 improvement project. The contract is for work that will be completed in Mercer County, near the Kegley community. The award for the[Read More…]
Mrs. International pageant not returning to Charleston, W.Va.
By Phil Kabler for the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After three years of calling Charleston home, the Mrs. International beauty pageant will be heading to a new host city in 2020, the pageant director said Thursday. The pageant, which according to its website showcases married woman ages 21 to[Read More…]
WVPA Financial Snapshot Graphic: Do you know the government rules?
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Do you under the rules that direct the operation of state government agencies? This week’s West Virginia Press Association’s Financial Snapshot Graphic and links work to explain the complicated process. The WVPA, in cooperation with the W.Va. Senate Finance Committee, prepares and distributes a Financial Snapshot Graphic each[Read More…]
Augusta Festival set for Saturday in Elkins, W.Va.
By Eliana McCutcheon for The Exponent Telegram ELKINS, W.Va. — The Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College is celebrating the conclusion of its season Saturday on a high note with the annual Augusta Festival in Elkins City Park, the West Virginia Open Fiddle & Banjo Contest and the[Read More…]
Revamped DARE program may offer kids way out in W.Va.
By Amanda Hayes For The Inter-Mountain BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Drug Abuse Resistance Education, the hallmark drug education program known as DARE,will be returning to Upshur County next year after a 20-year absence. The Upshur County Board of Education gave its approval for the program to be taught in schools by[Read More…]
