Last week, first responders in Wood County got an important update to their training that will help them do a better job responding to and helping those who are in crisis. With help from the Trigon Training Group, responders from the Wood County Sheriff鈥檚 Department, Vienna Police ...
There are plenty of designated days, weeks and months meant to raise awareness and perhaps steer conversations toward finding solutions to some of our biggest challenges. For example, the third Saturday in October is National Move Over Day, according to a representative of AAA, who spoke with ...
* Career Technical Education opportunities are important for high school students looking to learn skills that will significantly improve their readiness for careers. Here in Wood County, we have one of the best. According to the West Virginia Department of Education, the Wood County Technical ...
Food insecurity 鈥� and outright hunger 鈥� are not new problems for families in Appalachia. But inflation, continued economic challenges and changes in (or elimination of) state and federal supports mean right now the danger is significant. An average of 13% of families in this part of the ...
This week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that the state will extend its 鈥渄onor agreement鈥� to keep open the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. At $7,000 a day, Morrisey is likely correct that such a decision is worth the money, given ...
West Virginia University President Michael Benson had a lot of big ideas in his first State of the University address this week. They come as he is in the middle of an effort to visit every county in the state 鈥� an important attempt to truly understand his new home and the state his ...
