* New West Virginia University President Michael Benson visited Parkersburg last week to visit with donors, alumni and incoming students 鈥� but also because he couldn鈥檛 resist the lure of landmarks such as the Blennerhassett Hotel and Blennerhassett Island State Park. While he learned about ...
Never doubt the ability of a determined group of public school employees to accomplish their task, no matter how short the government-imposed timeline or how big the job. West Virginia was not the only state that moved to eliminate synthetic food dyes from school meals this year, but it had ...
Time and again West Virginians in all corners of the state have had to deal with storms, flooding and mudslides that wreak havoc on lives and communities. This has gone on for generations, and after each disaster, there is always the question: Why does this keep happening? Gov. Patrick ...
As Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance finally makes its way to desperate West Virginia counties, the state attorney general also is issuing a warning: Beware of scams. Sadly, those who are most in need of help are often the most enticing targets for online predators who have ...
U.S. senators who put pressure on the Trump administration and the U.S. Department of Education were joined by millions of Americans in a sigh of relief when the remaining $5 billion in federal education funding the government was withholding from states and local school districts was released ...
Since the start of his term, Gov. Patrick Morrisey has promoted an 鈥淓conomic Backyard Brawl鈥� between West Virginia and its neighboring states. The mission, he said, is to make the Mountain State 鈥渢he most attractive state to live, work, learn, play and run a business.鈥� He likely ...
