CHARLESTON — This Memorial Day weekend is expected to be the second-most traveled since 2000, according to AAA. The association said, beginning Thursday, 43 million people will be traveling. In West Virginia and surrounding states, around 8.1 million people will be flying, driving or ...
VIENNA — Hurricane softball coach Meghan Stevens expected George Washington to get off to a strong start Thursday in the Class AAA championship. Not only had the Patriots lost to Hurricane 9-0 one night earlier, but GW was fresh off a thrilling 2-1 walk-off win over Washington in an ...
A bill aimed at curbing annoying and sometimes predatory robocalls cleared the U.S. Senate on Thursday and is on its way to the House of Representatives. The bill is S 151, the TRACED Act, short for Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, ...
MORGANTOWN — The students in Vada Boback’s fourth grade class learned firsthand how to raise brook trout in their Suncrest Elementary School class. The kids ventured down to Decker’s Creek Wednesday evening to release the fish they raised together. James, 9, and Lilah and Jacob, 10, ...
MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine’s planned kidney transplant program received a state green light this week and is one approval away from serving patients. The state Health Care Authority approved WVUM’s Certificate of Need on Monday. In the next couple weeks, said Michael Shullo, associate vice president for transplant services, they’ll submit their application to the federal United Network of Organ Sharing. While they can’t predict an exact date – UNOS approval takes on average three months – they could possibly perform their first transplant sometime in the fall, he ...
MORGANTOWN — Each Wednesday, In the early afternoon, on Wednesdays, volunteers pack more than 800 bags of food at Scott’s Run Settlement House. The Backpack Snack Program operates throughout the school year, and uses volunteers at 1 p.m., usually taking two hours to pack the number of ...
