CHARLESTON — While leisure travel in West Virginia remains stable, the hotel industry in West Virginia is still projected to end 2021 down $144,662,812 in business travel revenue compared to […]
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WVU helps net $2M NSF award to build international gravitational wave detection network
MORGANTOWN — The hunt for more evidence of gravitational waves — ripples in spacetime formed by cataclysmic events in the distant universe — will be accelerated with a nearly $2 […]
Project integrates care for HIV, hepatitis C and opioid-use-disorder
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University researcher Judith Feinberg has partnered with colleagues at Yale University to integrate services for opioid use disorder, the hepatitis C virus and HIV in 20 […]
Folklife program releases collection of digital archives
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia Folklife Program, the National Endowment for the Arts-supported state folklife program and a project of the West Virginia Humanities Council, announces that its digital archives […]
Silver Eagle Security branches out from Preston
KINGWOOD — Leroy Forbes said his office is usually the great outdoors. Forbes and his wife Marlene own Silver Eagle Security in Kingwood. “We do a lot of park security,” […]
W.Va. pilot program focuses on treatment for pregnant, postpartum women
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Behavioral Health was awarded one of four grants under the State Pilot Grant Program for Treatment for […]
Returning vets find purpose in emergency management
CHARLESTON — West Virginia has a long history of men and women who answer the call of duty to serve in the nation’s armed forces. Some who enlist make their […]
Biden’s plan a godsend for Appalachia
by Skylar Baker-Jordan On Aug. 24, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in advancing a $3.5 trillion infrastructure proposal that would greatly improve the lives of […]
W.Va.’s new COVID milestone: Deaths from disease top 3,000
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia marked a sad milestone Thursday as COVID-19 deaths topped 3,000 in the state — at 3,0001. With the more infectious, deadlier Delta variant causing surges nationwide, […]
New film series explores W.Va. food traditions
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council is launching the “Homegrown Foodways in West Virginia” film series, presenting four short films that explore a […]
