Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin appointed Marc Harshman as West Virginia's Poet Laureate, filling the vacancy left by the late Irene McKinney who passed away in February. Harshman's appointment is effective immediately.
According to an eye-witness in Marshall County, a family of Eastern Bluebirds was recently murdered just outside of Moundsville. The mother and father bird are reported as missing but the three healthy chicks, just days before their first lessons in flight, were found with their heads pecked in. The suspect seen leaving the bird house was, of course, a European Sparrow.
While the Reconnecting McDowell Project is working to secure housing as a recruitment tool, there are educators who decided long ago to commit to McDowell County children.
One Huntington business is undergoing its fifth expansion since opening in 1986.
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Members of the Reconnecting McDowell Project, the public-private partnership working to revitalize McDowell County, believe creating more housing options will help in attracting teachers to the area.
The Division of Air Quality within the WV Department of Environmental Protection is soliciting comments from the public concerning a newly proposed operating permit.
West Virginia Tech’s Revitalization Committee voted to accept academic and facilities subcommittee recommendations for Tech’s next steps.
There are several West Virginia streams that are impaired according to the state’s most recent report on the health of the state’s waterways. The WV Department of Environmental Protection is releasing its draft list of impaired lakes and streams for public comment.
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West Virginia’s impaired streams list includes the South Branch of the Potomac River, the Coal River and many of their tributaries.
Morgantown writer Judith Gold Stitzel recently self-published her first book, Field Notes from Grief: The First Year, which chronicles the year following the death of her husband with journal excerpts.
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If you see a helicopter hovering about 200 feet above the ground over the next few days, you might be seeing Aerial America at work.
Undergraduate students working as researchers everyday doesn’t usually happen during a semester, but 11 students are getting the opportunity this summer at Marshall University in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday to cut nearly $310 billion from the budget deficit over the next 10 years.
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Families of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia have a hospital that will tailor care to their child. Friday Cabell Huntington Hospital held the groundbreaking of their Children’s Hospital.
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