FAIRMONT – For a lot of public school districts, it’s never too early to talk about an education levy. However, it can sometimes be too late. Which is why Scott Reider made an appearance at Monday’s meeting of the Marion County Board of Education in Fairmont. Reider is the ...
WVU Today The past several days have generated some negative reactions – as in, below-zero temperatures in the wake of an arctic blast overtaking much of the country. With parts of the United States dealing with record-breaking cold, West Virginia University experts are urging people ...
The West Virginia University Extension Fire Service is bringing crucial training to first responders in the region with the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Training Educator (HEVTE). The HEVTE is a heavily modified hybrid vehicle used to demonstrate proper safety protocol for first responders in ...
It’s the time of year to swim and splash around in bodies of water and dive into pools. Of course, Monongalia County Health Department has a few things to say about pools, summer and safety. As you may know, MCHD Environmental Health sanitarians inspect pools, hot tubs and ...
As some of you know, we keep a scanner in the newsroom that allows us to monitor emergency calls. As the day wears on, we hear everything from loitering to domestic arguments to overdoses to fires and some very strange things in between. But not a day goes by that we don’t hear at least ...
I had a tough argument with a friend who was incensed that our local police had placed traffic cameras at major intersections. He felt that the authorities were running surveillance on innocent citizens. I countered that if police officers sitting in their cars observed drivers going through ...