See WV Press InSight’s preview discussion of Special Session on Education WV Press Association Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature returns to Charleston Tuesday, April 30, for the first of eight interim legislative sessions before the 2020 60-day session. The agenda for that Tuesday includes four meetings: Commission on[Read More…]
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Marshall University to build Brad D. Smith Business Incubator in downtown Huntington
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W,Va, — The Marshall University Visual Arts Center in downtown Huntington is adding one more thing that is being created inside its walls — small businesses. On Tuesday, the university announced the creation of the Brad D. Smith Business Incubator, a partnership between Marshall’s[Read More…]
School enrollment numbers dropping; transfers and terminations on the rise
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Student enrollment has declined across many counties in southern West Virginia, and as those numbers diminish, several positions within the school system are following suit. Most personnel directors at local school boards seem to believe, however, that while there will be fewer[Read More…]
Changes arriving on I-77: More patrols, lower speed limit coming to treacherous stretch of WV Turnpike
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — Lowering the speed limit by the end of April, increasing patrols, and checking tractor-trailers’ equipment more frequently is among the measures the West Virginia Parkways Authority is taking to make a dangerous stretch of Interstate 77 safer, the Parkway’s general manager[Read More…]
WVU research team approved for NASA grant for early-stage space technologies
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A research team from West Virginia University has been approved for a grant from a NASA fund designed to determine the feasibility of early stage technologies that could go on to change what’s possible in space. Associate Professor Yu Gu and Assistant Professor Piyush Mehta[Read More…]
Thrasher to challenge former boss Justice in West Virginia GOP gubernatorial primary
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Within a year of being forced out from the governor’s Cabinet, the former West Virginia secretary of commerce is mounting a primary challenge against his old boss. Henry “Woody” Thrasher launched his 2020 gubernatorial campaign in the Republican primary Tuesday. In an[Read More…]
WVU-Parkersburg Ecohawks to host Earth Day event
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s student environmental group, the Ecohawks, will host an Earth Day celebration from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 22 in the College Activities Center. The event is free and open to the public. The Ecohawks will teach local elementary[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, April 17
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. DONATIONS POUR IN FOR NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL Nearly $1 billion in global contributions have been[Read More…]
Woody Thrasher enters W.Va. Governor’s Race as a Republican primary challenger to Gov. Jim Justice
Press Release from WoodyThrasher2020: BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – Lifelong Harrison County resident Woody Thrasher officially announced his candidacy for governor of West Virginia this morning. “The reasons I’m running are simple,” Thrasher said to a crowd of friends and family at The Thrasher Group Inc. in Bridgeport. “We need real leadership[Read More…]
