BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — A new report conducted by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy shows West Virginia places the most children in foster care compared to any state in the country, with four times as many kids in the system per capita as the United States as a ...
Thanks to Mountain Line Bus service Times are tough. Family budgets are strained, wages are not competitive and not all jobs appeal to the masses. A couple weeks ago, the Spring Track & Field season began and 170-plus student-athletes signed up to participate at Morgantown High ...
Senators are advancing a bill that would expand the powers of West Virginia’s foster care ombudsman. House Bill 3061 was advanced by the Senate Health Committee on Tuesday. The bill already passed the House of Delegates, 100-0. The ombudsman position was created in 2019 to support the ...
Thanks for making MLK Day event a success On behalf of the Community Coalition for Social Justice, I want to thank everyone who made our 17th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Jan. 16 a success. We could not do this without the financial support of the City of Morgantown. We ...
President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan (should it be implemented) strikes a valiant compromise between those who preach fiscal responsibility and those who’d like to see all student debt erased. Biden’s plan forgives up to $10,000 for borrowers making less than $125,000 ...
MORGANTOWN – The Department of Health and Human Resources unveiled its new child welfare dashboard on Wednesday, and some local legislators and candidates are pleased with the progress. The dashboard link can be found at the top of the DHHR website, dhhr.wv.gov. It offers a variety of ...