Lawmakers resolved a staredown over details of a bill to bolster financial support for disabled people. A special session finally concluded on its third day Tuesday with passage of a bill meant to improve the level of state funding for intellectual and developmental disabilities waivers, ...
Six years ago, Tara Hilleary and Holly Morris started Girl Scout Junior Troop 10167, and have since guided the same seven scouts through their elementary years. As their time together draws to a close and the Scouts look ahead at other ventures, the troop has earned its Girl Scout Bronze ...
Sunday is No Menthol Sunday, an annual call to action started a decade ago by The Center For Black Health & Equity. This day highlights the challenge of tobacco use and encourages all of us to do our part to overcome it. For years, big tobacco companies have targeted Black Americans with their advertising, making smoking seem more acceptable and desirable. And while communities have been fighting menthol cigarettes for years, there is still a continual battle to be waged. This year, 22 West Virginia faith-based congregations are participating as part of the West ...
The state Public Service Commission has ordered all water and sewer utilities to conduct a cyber threat vulnerability assessment within 60 days. The order was issued Thursday as “a general investigation to examine water and sewer system ...
Herewith, a quiz on all things artsy and creative: What’s the first venue you might think of, as a logical, infrastructure host for an artisan craft fair? We’ll wait. Oh, you have an answer? Good. Let it be known, for the record, that Vickie Trickett’s feelings won’t be hurt one bit if you didn’t say Elks Lodge 411. That was the whole point. “We’re trying to re-brand ourselves a bit,” said Trickett, the Esteemed Leading Knight of the lodge perched at 1138 Chestnut Ridge ...
The West Virginia and Regional History Center extends the invitation to commemorate the closing of “Women Making History: Showcasing the West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection” from 2-4 p.m. today, on the sixth floor of WVU’s Downtown Library. The open house will include ...
