Disaster relief food stamps
Residents who lived or worked in a dozen West Virginia counties during last month’s flooding may be eligible for disaster-related food stamps. The Department of Health and Human Resources says in a news release...
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Civil War class
The Civil War class that Phil Caskey teaches at University High School is very popular and now there is little chance it will become any easier to get a seat. Caskey has been named...
Good news in June
Not all of the news from June was bad. The state’s unemployment rate improved. WorkForce West Virginia reports the unemployment rate dropped to six-percent in the state. There were 100 mining jobs added and...
Uber starts
The June 23rd flooding delayed the official startup of UBER in Morgantown and Charleston, but now the ride sharing app officially launched this week. Senator Joe Manchin and Governor Earl Ray Tomblin kicked off...
State low on cash
Several West Virginia colleges are running low on cash. The state’s Higher Education Policy Commission was told earlier this week that many schools had less than two months of cash on hand at the...
Mining complex
The Arch Coal proposal for a mountaintop removal mining complex in Logan County has been shot down once again. A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, that the veto imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Zika virus in pregnant woman
The state has its first confirmed case of the Zika virus in a pregnant woman. She’s the eight Zika case in West Virginia. The woman contracted the virus while on a mission trip outside...
Many Colleges Don’t Have Enough in Savings
Officials for the commission that oversees West Virginia’s four-year colleges have warned that, by at least one indicator of a school’s financial strength, many appear to be weakening. The Gazette-Mail reports that staff members...
Raises Could Be Coming in Dunbar
Raises are likely coming to several people in Dunbar. Police and firefighters are in line to get a raise under a new ordinance, and some city administrators too. Federal law says salaried city workers...
WV uemployment rate falls
West Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point in June to 6 percent. WorkForce West Virginia said in a news release Tuesday that the number of unemployed state residents dropped...