BY ALISE CHAFFINS Clara Lehmann and Jonathan Lacocque embodied the spirit of their film “O Pioneer” when they traveled with their daughters from Helvetia to Mountain View, […]
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MCHD Smile Express expands dental outreach to recovery center patients
On a late August morning, Jamie Fenton had the opportunity to cross something off his list that he had not done in a long time — sit […]
Too many students missing classes
BY JARETT LEWIS CHARLESTON — Public schools in West Virginia are dealing with a problem of chronic absenteeism. In other words, students too often are not showing […]
Capito doesn’t see timely resolution
CHARLESTON — Within a week of a deadline for funding the federal government, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said it’s definitely time to worry. “I am very concerned. […]
28% of schoolkids chronically absent
CHARLESTON — Twenty-eight percent of West Virginia public school students missed 18 or more days of school last year and labeled chronically absent. The numbers are part […]
Search continues for inmate who walked off West Virginia work release
CHARLESTON — Authorities are continuing the search for an inmate who ran off from a work release detail at the Mountain State Forest Festival office in Randolph […]
State leaders back Gee following faculty vote
BY MIKE NOLTING State lawmakers are reacting following the ‘no confidence’ vote by the West Virginia University Faculty Assembly. The assembly voted 797 to 100 Wednesday afternoon […]
Poll: 36% say education on decline in state
CHARLESTON — More than half of West Virginians — 54% — believe primary and secondary education in the state is about the same. But 36% say it’s […]
NextGen named one of the fastest-growing companies
NextGen Federal Systems, LLC (NextGen) has once again been named one of Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing private companies in America for the eighth consecutive year. The ranking provides […]
U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree travel schedule released
ELKINS — This year’s National Christmas Tree on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol building will be from the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. However, […]
