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Sen. seeks closer scrutiny of CPS

BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — State Sen. Mike Stuart (R-7th) believes the time has come for the Legislature to take a much closer look at the internal workings of West Virginia’s Child Protective Services Division. The agency had already been the subject of scrutiny in recent ...

Every quilt has a story

Quilts made in or residing in West Virginia and made before 1975 can be documented for future generations during the upcoming Mountaineer Week. Documentation will be held Nov. 4-5 in the Cathedral Room in the Mountainlair. The documentation days are part of an ongoing effort to record West ...

Workforce participation remains low in W.Va.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia continues to have one of the lowest workforce participation rates in the nation but there’s another rate WorkForce West Virginia is taking a closer look at. WorkForce West Virginia Deputy Executive Director Jeff Green told state lawmakers during this week’s ...

$12M may aid charter schools

West Virginia’s still-new charter schools have been awarded a $12.3 million federal grant that supporters say will provide a major boost to grow the system. The five-year grant has come from the Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program under the U.S. Department of ...

Deputies visited Sissonville home on two previous occasions

BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — This week’s discovery of two children locked in a shed at a Kanawha County home has landed those two children along with three others in the custody of West Virginia’s Division of Child Protective Services. The adoptive parents of all five children, ...

Morgantown broker honored as West Virginia Realtor of the Year

Morgantown real estate broker Melissa Hornbeck has been named 2023 West Virginia Realtor of the Year by the National Association of Realtors. WVAR presented the award to Hornbeck at the 2023 West Virginia Association of Realtors Convention in Huntington. Each year, NAR recognizes one ...