By HD Media The Logan Banner CHARLESTON, W.Va. — During September’s National Voter Registration Month, county clerks registered 5,002 West Virginians to vote across all 55 counties, Secretary of State Mac Warner announced this week. “I am very pleased regarding the partnership with our county clerks to register eligible citizens[Read More…]
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West Virginia providers support foster care changes
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Change can be scary, and the Family First Prevention Services Act passed by Congress this year will make some significant changes to the way states handle their foster care programs. Those in West Virginia who work closely with the system say the[Read More…]
West Virginia higher education feels impact of fewer enrolled teaching students
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part story on the growing crisis in public education related to a shortage of certified teachers. By CHARLES BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — As fewer and fewer high school students choose teaching as a career, the impact on higher education[Read More…]
WVU part of 10-university alliance improving diversity in STEM
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University continues to be part of a multimillion dollar effort across a 10-university alliance to support STEM education for underrepresented students in Appalachia. Funded for a third phase by a five-year, $3.5 million National Science Foundation grant beginning fall 2018, the Kentucky-West Virginia Louis[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, October 8
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. UN REPORT ON GLOBAL WARMING CARRIES WARNING Preventing an extra single degree of heat could[Read More…]
Kavanaugh clears last hurdle before confirmation with support from Manchin, Capito
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., voted yes on a procedural vote that sets up the confirmation of embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. However, any Senator who voted yes Friday could swing their final passage vote, which could come as soon as Saturday.[Read More…]
Witness: Loughry said it wasn’t justices’ ‘effing business’ where he took W.Va. state cars
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — What started as an attempt to review and possibly revise travel policies in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in 2016 turned into a sparring match via memos, witnesses said Thursday during the criminal trial of suspended Justice Allen Loughry. Thursday[Read More…]
Gazette-Mail’s Ken Ward Jr. receives MacArthur Fellowship
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ken Ward Jr., an award-winning reporter at the Charleston Gazette-Mail and the Charleston Gazette for more than a quarter-century, was today awarded a MacArthur Fellowship – commonly known as a “genius grant” – from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Ward was chosen[Read More…]
West Virginia Ethics Commission OKs employment exemptions, including ex-Lottery attorney Boyd
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ethics Commissioners approved employment exemptions for nine state employees Thursday, including longtime Lottery general counsel Danielle Boyd, who resigned on Wednesday after being placed on indefinite suspension early in September. Commissioners also approved exemptions for eight Division of Highways engineers or administrators,[Read More…]