A 4.0 GPA is one thing, but, as a group of stellar students showed Sunday night at Cheat Lake, success doesn’t just come from grades. It comes from the grace […]
Latest News
There’s a difference between human trafficking and willing prostitution
FAIRMONT — For one professor at WVU, human sex trafficking is not always what it’s made out to be — and it’s often confused with a consensual sexual transaction. Alison […]
WVU prof: Criminalizing prostitution ‘not helping anybody’
MORGANTOWN — Alison Bass, journalism professor at WVU and author of “Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law,” said after researching and speaking with sex workers across the United States, […]
Brookhaven 5th-graders plant trees for Arbor Day
MORGANTOWN — A tree grows in Brookhaven. Well, actually several trees are growing on the grounds of Brookhaven Elementary School these days. Fifth-graders at the red-brick school off Brookhaven Road […]
PEIA Task Force to host public meetings across state
CHARLESTON — The PEIA — Public Employees Insurance Agency — Task Force has mapped out a series of public hearings all over West Virginia. One will be in Morgantown June […]
Relatively little money spent in House of Delegates campaigns
Relatively little money has been spent in five local House of Delegates primary campaigns. All but three party races are uncompetitive. In the 50th District, six Democrats are vying for […]
Leapfrog Group gives Mon Health an ‘A’
MORGANTOWN — Mon Health Medical Center recently received an “A” grade by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit healthcare ratings organization, for its commitment to meeting the highest patient safety […]
How W.Va. law categorizes human trafficking
West Virginia state codes Coercion means: The use or threat of force against, abduction of, serious harm to or physical restraint of an individual; (B) The use of a plan, […]
Victims of human trafficking can be anyone
W. Va. — When it comes to recognizing victims of human trafficking or abusive relationships, local advocates said one of the main things to remember is they look like the average […]
Human trafficking an ongoing concern, even in W.Va.
W.Va. — The words “human trafficking” have generated a lot of buzz in West Virginia since January, when the Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office helped raise awareness of the issue. […]
