The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — In a special meeting held over conference call, the Marshall University Board of Governors on Wednesday approved a 3.5 percent tuition and fee increase for the upcoming 2019-20 school year, according to a university news release. Beginning with the fall semester, undergraduate tuition and fees[Read More…]
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Medical officials: Factors make Appalachians prone to drug abuse
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia and Appalachia have factors that make people prone to Substance Use Disorder (SUD) as medical officials look at ways to treat it, according to information presented at a workshop in Parkersburg Wednesday. The workshop was for first[Read More…]
Horrific find in trash can a grim reminder: Area kitten and puppy season beginning early
By EMILY D. COPPOLA Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — The horrid events that befell a litter of kittens are bringing awareness to the atrocious circumstances that abandoned animals must face. After hearing meows, and being unable to locate the source outside of the CVS Pharmacy in Brushfork, Brenda Donithan[Read More…]
West Virginia Capitol dome work to take longer, cost more
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Work to repair the West Virginia Capitol dome is progressing, but it will take longer and be costlier than originally expected, General Services Division Director Greg Melton told the Capitol Building Commission on Wednesday. Work began in January 2018 to repair major[Read More…]
WV state school board asks where Legislature’s power ends, and its begins
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Board of Education members asked Wednesday about legal issues regarding rejecting orders that state lawmakers give them. The discussion came after lawmakers repeatedly have tried to pass major curriculum changes in recent years and as they consider other substantial changes[Read More…]
WVU’s new two-photon imaging facility to expand neuroscience research and teaching
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A new two-photon imaging facility at West Virginia University is expanding opportunities for neuroscience research in the Department of Biology and beyond. A central focus of neuroscience is understanding how sensory and motor neural networks interact as animals navigate their natural environments. The technology in[Read More…]
West Virginia Gov. Justice addresses federal subpoena, calls Forbes article a political hit job
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is denying any wrongdoing in response to a federal subpoena and slammed a Forbes profile critical of his business dealings as a political hit job. Justice, scheduled as the featured speaker at the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber annual[Read More…]
West Virginia’s budget process gets passing grades in national study
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has scored mostly B’s and a C on a report card grading each state’s budget process. The report card, produced by the nonpartisan Volcker Alliance, gave West Virginia grades of B for Budget Forecasting, Budget Maneuvers, Reserve Funds and Transparency,[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, April 11
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, April 11, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ASSANGE ARRESTED IN LONDON Police say they’ve arrested the WikiLeaks founder at the Ecuadorian embassy[Read More…]
