Budget deficit for fiscal year 2024 now projected at $45 million WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University administrators briefed Board of Governors members today on a multitude of converging efforts being undertaken to strategically reposition the WVU System for the future. President Gordon Gee outlined the plan during his March State of the University address designed to put[Read More…]
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Todd Westfall takes WVGA Senior Series Low Round at The Pines
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Todd Westfall of Bridgeport shot the Little General Stores Low Round of the Day at Wednesday’s Senior Series event, hosted by the West Virginia Golf Association (WVGA) and sponsored by Little General Stores, at The Pines with a three under par 68. “The Pines[Read More…]
Opinion: Inclusion – Some Limits May Apply
By W.Va. State Senator Mike Caputo, D-Marion, 13th District In a recent radio interview about some of the socially divisive laws just passed by the Legislature’s Republican-led supermajority, West Virginia GOP Chairwoman Elgine McArdle was asked whether our state might now be viewed as less inclusive. She responded, “Inclusiveness is[Read More…]
Opinion: Americans in Sherwood Forest – Top Secret during WWII
By Greg Kozera Throughout American history individuals or small groups have made a big difference. Recently, I was a guest on an Oklahoma radio show about energy and manufacturing. One of the listeners asked if I had seen the PBS Documentary Sherwood Forest. It aired in January. I hadn’t heard[Read More…]
Red Hat Sassie Lassies Meet
The Weirton Red Hat Sassie Lassies met April 4 at Giovanni’s Restaurant in Weirton. Attending were (front) Connie Norwood, Martha Varitek, Donna Robinson, Queen Ruth Dalesandri, Mary Louise Danek and Diane Pastor; and (back) Peggy Kula, Carla Colson, Marge Phillips, Judith Mikula, Angela Reinard, Karen Kuhn, Cheryl Kondik, Linda Walter,[Read More…]
Cloak and Dagger Goes Down the Rabbit Hole in Saturday Matinee
The Ohio Valley Cloak and Dagger Company continues its sixth season of Cloak & Dagger On the Air at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, at Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau with Cloak and Dagger On the Air presents Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.This brand-new adaptation by Cloak[Read More…]
Google Executive to Deliver Commencement Address
Bethany College announces the speaker for Spring 2023 Commencement will be Google’s Director of Sales and Partnerships for the North America Education Team Steven Butschi.A Brown University graduate, Butschi began his career as a research consultant for Fortune 500 companies. Thirteen years ago, he was hired by Google, but not[Read More…]
New WIC Guidelines Issued
New guidelines for benefit from the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC) have been issued.The West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Bureau for Public Health, Office of Nutrition Services announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture updated income eligibility guidelines for the special supplemental nutrition program.The new[Read More…]
Form Energy Sets Open House
Form Energy has invited the community to an open house to learn about the company and its first commercial battery factory to be opened on the site of the former Weirton Steel plant.The new operation expects to employ 750 people when operating a full capacity.The open house is set for[Read More…]
Prom Dress Sale
Are you still looking for a prom dress or a dress for any other formal event?The Brooke County Support Center still has lots of both long and short dresses and will have a sale Saturday, April 22, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at 1447 Main St., Wellsburg.Call 304.748.7850 ext. 1004 or[Read More…]