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Some NIOSH personnel returning temporarily

MORGANTOWN — A number of furloughed scientists and researchers from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health are set to trod some familiar turf this morning.  They’re going back to work — at least temporarily. The scientists and researchers are part of the agency’s coal miner and firefighter safety divisions, Cathy Tinney-Zara said. Tinney-Zara is a NIOSH public health analyst and president of Local 3430 of the American Federation of Government Employees, the union representing the bulk of the targeted researchers and other employees. While she ...

Wellpoint hosts Repack the Backpack initiative

DPNews@DominionPost.com MORGANTOWN – Wellpoint brought its statewide “Repack the Backpack” initiative to the Morgantown Mall last Saturday, distributing hundreds of complimentary school supplies and health resources to students and families at the halfway mark of the school year.As ...

Thankful for life, community after fire

Watching your family home burn to the ground does something to a person: despair, heartbreak, defeat. But Michele Herring, who lost her home on Bakers Cemetery Road in Cheat Lake on Friday night, resolves to be positive. “We’re thankful to be alive,” she said Sunday, referring to ...

This week in W.Va. history

WV Humanities Council CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Sept. 15, 1861: In the aftermath of the Battle of Carnifex Ferry, Union forces under the ...

WVU Heart and Vascular Institute recognized as Carotid Care Quality Champion

The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute has been identified as a Carotid Care Quality Champion by the Society for Vascular Surgery® Vascular Quality Initiative® (SVS VQI) clinical registry recognition program. The program honors health care organizations across the country dedicated to ...

Lawmakers told turnpike to begin taking credit cards for tolls early next year

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Turnpike plans to begin accepting credit cards from drivers at toll plazas early next year. West Virginia Parkways Authority Executive Director Jeff Miller told a group of state lawmakers Tuesday the credit card option will be implemented after everything else with the ongoing installation of a new tolling system is completed. Lawmakers have long asked turnpike officials to include credit as an option for drivers. Miller said it’s going to happen but testing shows it will slow things down. “We can process a cash transaction in typically six ...