PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The new president for West Virginia University at Parkersburg was approved by the college’s Board of Governors Wednesday evening. Fletcher Lamkin of Lane Osage Beach, Mo., was selected during the board’s monthly meeting at the college. The board voted unanimously to offer the job to him. Gerard[Read More…]
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Ohio Valley officials unveil heroin strategy
WHEELING, W.Va. — Amid all the talk of smoking bans and Ebola preparedness, Dr. Angelo Georges believes health officials need to focus on a much more acute threat to the public’s well-being: The heroin epidemic that is ruining – and too often ending – lives throughout the Ohio Valley. Georges,[Read More…]
Historic elements to survive Capitol Complex redo
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Scaled-back plans for renovating Capitol Complex Building 3 eliminate some of the more grandiose features of the original design, including conference rooms with floor-to-ceiling teleconferencing screens, but will retain the historical elements of the office building, which opened in 1951. “Our objective on the exterior is to[Read More…]
W.Va. board hears Common Core not wholesale change
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With a legislative review of Common Core scheduled for next week, the state school board committed nearly two hours of its monthly meeting Wednesday to update its members on new education standards and how they are changing schools across the state. Implementation of the controversial standards —[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Thursday, Dec. 11
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. CIA PUSHES BACK AFTER TORTURE REPORTAgency officials are painting[Read More…]
Rockefeller finds CIA report ‘deeply troubling’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Jay Rockefeller says lessons learned from a report delving into the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program must be central to all future activities. Rockefeller made his comments Tuesday on the Senate floor after the Senate Intelligence Committee released its long-awaited report. Rockefeller once chaired the committee and called[Read More…]
W.Va. DEP kicks off plans to restore Coal River
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Environmental Protection has committed $1 million to plan and begin a stream restoration project targeting the main stem of the Coal River from Alum Creek to its confluence with the Kanawha River at St. Albans, according to the DEP and the Coal River Group,[Read More…]
W.Va. governor sends out 24,000 holiday cards
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Marking their fifth Christmas in the governor’s mansion, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and first lady Joanne Tomblin have sent out more than 24,000 holiday cards this season. The card was designed in-house by the Department of Commerce’s office of communications, according to Marketing and Communications Director Chelsea[Read More…]
W.Va. ranks high in advanced teacher certifications
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is among the top 20 states in the country when it comes to National Board Certified Teachers, according to a report released last week. This year, 69 teachers in West Virginia met the national certification, ranking it 15th in the number of new teachers to[Read More…]
‘MotorWeek’ films TV episode in Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — It was an exciting day Tuesday as crews from the popular television show “MotorWeek” came to Bridgeport to film an episode featuring the I-79 compressed natural gas (CNG) corridor. Crews gathered at at the CNG fueling station in Bridgeport, which is one of three stations around the[Read More…]