MORGANTOWN — That sound you heard Sunday was March going out like a lion. A 40-degree drop in temperature made the month’s leonine exit easy to ascertain also. After Saturday’s high of 75, the mercury punched the express elevator to usher plummeting temperatures, (occasional) ...
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Future Farmers of America held their 70th annual ham, bacon and egg show Friday. Thirty-two FFA members participated in the show with more than 60 hams and bacon and 15 dozen eggs. The event was held at the Craig Civic Center. Agriculture Education Instructor ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s interacting gaming bill is now law after Gov. Jim Justice failed to act on House Bill 2934 before the deadline last Wednesday. According to the law, the state Lottery has more than a year to design and implement regulations for iGaming at the state’s five ...
MORGANTOWN — At the height of West Virginia’s opioid crisis in 2016, one Mountain State resident was dying of a drug overdose every 10 hours. One every 10 hours. Somebody’s son, somebody’s daughter. Somebody’s best friend, somebody’s sibling, somebody’s husband or ...
Chester wants to provide secondary education opportunities for all high school students, despite their family’s financial status. Chester, who has led the Health Sciences and Technology Aca-demy at WVU as its director for the last 25 years, said the program offers free secondary education for the state’s high school students who need options. According to a WVU press release, only about 56 percent of West Virginians attend college. However, through the HSTA program, students reach the 99 percent mark. The graduation rate for HSTA is 90 percent. “HSTA can impact a student by ...
CHARLESTON — Hoo Hoo Hollow is not alone. That’s the community described by Gov. Jim Justice to illustrate West Virginia’s deteriorating roads. “Our situation is, here Edith is sitting up in Hoo Hoo Hollow today, doesn’t really care a whole heck of a lot about us spending $300 million on repairing or building a new bridge on the interstate,” Justice said in a press conference earlier this month. “She just cares about how she can get to the convenience store.” Hoo Hoo Hollow is a real place in Raleigh County. Edith might not actually be a resident. But there are plenty ...
