By CHARLES BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va.  — A new after-school club is being introduced at Mercer County schools that will offer a Bible class to elementary students. “After much consideration and a strong interest from the community, we have decided to introduce after-school Bible Clubs,” said Amy Belcher,[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. AFTER CRITICISM, TRUMP HONORS MCCAIN The president relents under pressure by tersely recognizing the late[Read More…]

By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two West Virginia politicians who were exiting the stage of their legislative offices in 2018 instead will take center stage with interim positions on the West Virginia Supreme Court this fall. U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., and former House of Delegates Speaker[Read More…]

By CAITY COYNE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Since her childhood in a segregated White Sulphur Springs, Katherine Johnson has spent a lot of time counting. When she was younger, Johnson numbered everything from the steps it took her to walk to church or around her house to the dishes[Read More…]

By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va.  — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Robert Redfield will visit Huntington today to discuss the opioid epidemic and the local response in combating it while speaking at Cabell Huntington Hospital’s Regional Health Summit. Redfield will also tour Lily’s Place, the[Read More…]

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sometime in the future, a bunker opens to the northeast of Parkersburg. The survivors of a nuclear war make their way out of the fluorescent into the natural sunlight. It’s up to them to try to rebuild a[Read More…]

By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Board of Education has posted for public comment proposed changes to four policies, but it has currently paused proposed bus specification changes that would have raised the max bus speed from 65 miles per hour to 70. The bus[Read More…]

By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald LEWISBURG, W.Va.  — Political action committees have a less than stellar reputation, often linked to offensive mass mailings and incendiary television advertising in the months leading up to an election. But the newly formed Blue Skies Ahead Political Action Committee is bucking that ugly trend.[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University is one of 10 higher education institutions in the United States to be awarded an Innovation Fund grant to grow study abroad partnerships with Argentina. The U.S. Department of State, Partners of the Americas and NAFSA: Association of International Educators announced the winning[Read More…]