By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced a pay raise deal for all state employees Tuesday that could put teachers back in the classrooms on Thursday, but state lawmakers are awaiting details on where he found $58 million in new[Read More…]
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Statement from West Virginia’s three education unions on Governor’s announcement of deal to end teachers’ strike
The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Statement from AFT-West Virginia President Christine Campbell, West Virginia Education Association President Dale Lee and West Virginia School Service Personnel Association Executive Director Joe White on Gov. Jim Justice’s announcement of a deal to end the teachers’ strike and on the continuing fight to improve[Read More…]
Many West Virginia school employees hold down after-school jobs to stay afloat with teachers’ salaries
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Sameera Abu-Ghannam works a few days a week at Cheddar’s in Morgantown for some extra money. She does this in the evenings and nights after school, where she works during the day for her full-time job. “I’m there after school from[Read More…]
W.Va. teachers returning to class Thursday
By JEFFREY SAULTON The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBUR, W.Va. — Striking teachers in West Virginia are to return to the classroom on Thursday, Gov. Jim Justice said Tuesday in announcing he is offering teachers and school service personnel a revised 5 percent pay raise in the first year to end[Read More…]
Fayette community members take school bus routes in efforts to deliver meals to students
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Dozens of teachers, service personnel and community volunteers stood together Tuesday as they packed school buses full of food to be delivered to communities throughout Fayette County on the fourth day of a statewide walkout within the school system. “The moment we heard[Read More…]
U.S. Attorney General announces new opioid task force
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. –The U.S. Justice Department is rolling out a new task force to target makers and distributors of prescription painkillers who U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says have contributed to the country’s opioid crisis. At a press conference held at the DOJ Tuesday afternoon,[Read More…]
Union warns Frontier of possible worker strike as Saturday deadline nears
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A union representing hundreds of Frontier Communications workers in West Virginia warns that employees are prepared to strike if no progress is made in contract negotiations before the current contract expires Saturday. Beth Allen, a Communications Workers of America spokeswoman, said the[Read More…]
Gee: WVU to lead ‘purposeful change’ for students, state
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a country where higher education is being devalued, even as the cost of an education skyrockets, West Virginia University remains committed to its purpose of transforming lives in the state and the world, President Gordon Gee said today (Feb. 27). “Every day our faculty,[Read More…]
Wild fur and natural medicinals of the Appalachians is business for Dayton Dove
By LAURA DEAN BENNETT The Pocahontas Times MARLINTON, W.Va. — You may have seen the ad for Dove’s Fur in The Pocahontas Times over the years and wondered just what this kind of business is all about. Well, it’s about a gentleman by the name of Dayton Dove who comes[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, February 28
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHO HAD SECURITY CLEARANCE LOWERED Jared Kushner, White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law, will[Read More…]
