* As the school year begins in Wood County, new principals will be leading some schools, including Kurt Echard at Jackson Middle School and Jeanna Plumly at Madison Elementary School. Teachers are well prepped, after July鈥檚 Teaching and Learning Academy and board members got a detailed ...
As the new school year nears, it鈥檚 worthwhile to consider the future of our public schools 鈥� particularly as West Virginia鈥檚 workforce ages and we continue to struggle to compete against our neighboring states. Consider these enrollment trends from the West Virginia Department of ...
After what appears to have been a long process, the West Virginia Department of Health Facilities seems to have found success in selling some of its long-term care facilities for seniors. New York-based Marx Development Group plans to buy Hopemont Hospital in Preston County, Jackie Withrow ...
School is already in session for many students in Ohio, and will be soon for those in West Virginia. With the beginning of the school year comes a possible change to our morning or afternoon driving routines, as school buses filled with children will be everywhere. Get back in the mindset of ...
West Virginia employers may be getting a little good news for next year, as the National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed a proposed workers鈥� compensation loss cost decrease of 13.5%, to begin Jan. 1. The change, pitched by the state鈥檚 rating and statistical agent, would mean ...
The story is becoming too familiar. Lawmakers who support spending cuts, then call for their reversal. Lawmakers who want to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse, just not in the program that is politically beneficial to them. U.S. Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., has joined several Senate colleagues ...
