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Jennifer Garner to deliver keynote at GameChanger event

It’s a pretty grim roll call. Every five minutes of every hour of every day in America, someone will die of a drug overdose. A son. A daughter. A girlfriend, a boyfriend. A dad or an old roommate from college who just always seemed to be in control of every situation or ...

West Virginia to witness once-in-a-lifetime celestial event

On Monday, hundreds of factors will perfectly align to create a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for inhabitants of the Mountain State. The moon will position itself between the Earth and sun, obscuring the sun’s powerful rays and casting a shadow over the Earth’s surface — and West ...

West Virginia First Foundation envisioning broad goals

The West Virginia First Foundation, established to distribute millions of dollars in opioid litigation money, is starting to consider its overarching goals. “Addiction has its tentacles in just about everything across the spectrum, from education to law enforcement to first responders to the healthcare system to public health to local government to regional jails. You can just go on and on and on about the impact that addiction has had,” said Dr. Matt Christiansen, the state health officer who also serves on the foundation board. “And that’s really represented in many of ...

RDVIC still fighting sexual violence after 50-plus years

Sexual harassment, abuse, and assault happens every day, in every community. No gender, age, race or social group is unaffected by these crimes — anyone can experience or perpetrate sexual violence. According to The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), sexual violence is any ...

Emergency food, shelter funding awarded to Mon County

Monongalia County was awarded $36,527 from the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) for Phase 41. Nonprofit organizations that serve residents of Mon County in the areas of shelter, food, and rental/mortgage/utility assistance are eligible to apply. The application for funding is due ...

Michael Green: Still teaching art (and making it, too)

Michael Green wasn’t exactly putting his best face forward Wednesday afternoon, but it was still pretty good. And to be fair, it was an art lesson on the fly. That was after a guy with a notebook, who, for the record, can’t even render stick figures the same way twice, had asked him ...