U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Preston County Public Service District (PSD) ...
Investigators say Kyneddi Miller had not attended school since late 2019 or 2020 and hadn’t been outside the house more than a couple of times in the last four years. The girl’s family submitted homeschooling documentation in February 2021, with her mother writing “We think homeschooling is the best now with the COVID-19 in order to keep our family safe.” Any school system contact after that is in doubt. In response to recent requests for homeschooling assessments, the Boone County school system has responded to reporters that “no public records exist.” The chairwoman ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON — The state Higher Education Policy Commission approved a doubling of the maximum award for the West Virginia Higher Education Grant at the commission’s meeting Friday held in South Charleston. The maximum award for the needs-based grant goes from $3,400 to $6,800. State Higher Education Chancellor Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker said the increase was made possible by Gov. Jim Justice proposing and the legislature allocating an additional $40 million to the program in last month’s special session because of the failed rollout of the changes to the free federal ...
MORGANTOWN — The Public Service Commission responded quickly to a PSC staff request to postpone the meeting date for the utility and cable service outages task force. The PSC created the task force in a May 22 order and charged it with recommending best practices and universal procedures ...
The executive director of the board overseeing charter schools in the state today described concluding an investigation of practices at West Virginia Academy, one of the state’s original charter schools in Morgantown. The review and some corrective actions generally focused on whether West Virginia Academy has appropriate procedures in place to handle situations as they come up — and whether the charter school operates in an open enough manner. “These corrective actions and the findings in these reports, what they’re intended to do is strengthen the foundation of the ...
STAR CITY — Longtime Star City Town Council member Todd Gregg has informed the town that despite being reelected to council in last month’s municipal election, he will not serve the upcoming term. Star City Mayor Sharon Doyle said any resident of the town interested in filling the ...
