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Show support on WVU Day of Giving

WVU Day of Giving returns Wednesday, and supporters can earmark donations to go to Rosenbaum Family House. “Rosenbaum Family House is so special to me because it has allowed me to get radiation in Morgantown without having to drive from Parkersburg, … almost two hours away,” said Sue Lamp, a recent patient who visited with her daughter, Elizabeth Corbitt. “It allows me to have the best state-of-the-art care that is available in West Virginia at a reasonable price that I can afford. It’s a blessing to have an apartment that is beautiful to come ‘home’ after treatment and ...

Delegates bewildered over veto

Delegate Joe Statler was at an education conference out of state when he heard the governor vetoed a bill intended to provide $2 million support groundbreaking research at West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute. Statler, R-Monongalia, was gobsmacked. “You talk about something that caught me completely off guard,” he said. His colleague, Delegate John Williams, heard about the veto by text message. “I thought that it was a joke because I was so shocked by it,” said Williams, D-Monongalia. “When you think about the applications of this ...