Mountain Readers 2026 has concluded! Please fill out our volunteer post-survey. Nominate an exceptional West Virginia K-12 teacher today! Appalachia is full of ancient cave systems. Some are so deep nobody’s sure where they begin or end. For Inside Appalachia, Folkways Reporter…
2026-11-06 06:01:58 Dwayne Page The Upper Cumberland Adult Education Program is offering those age 18 or older, without a high school diploma, an opportunity to earn a high school equivalency diploma. A one week FREE high school equivalency boot camp is set for…
Business Journal Daily YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Charles “Chuck” George, Youngstown State University’s trustees chairman, has made a $50,000 gift to establish a scholarship with the YSU Foundation for students who attended Brookfield High School. George is making the gift in appreciation of…
More than seven in 10 U.S. adults ages 20 and older are either overweight or obese, according to the most recentdatafrom the CDC. Rates are lower forchildren and adolescentsbut have risen dramatically in the past few decades. Americaâs obesity problem is so prevalent…
Laura Pritchard-Compton was 34 and had already been working in nonprofit management and consulting for just over a decade when she enrolled in graduate school to become a therapist. It was a second career, and pursuing it meant balancing her education…
The Christian County Board of Education welcomed a newly elected board member and two student representatives Wednesday, marking a new chapter in the district’s leadership and student involvement. A’Niyah Wilford, left, raises her right hand as she takes the oath…
WOWK 13 News (WOWK) â Community members gathered Thursday evening to voice their concerns over the proposed closure of Hugh Dingess Elementary School in Logan County.The school is one of three in the county facing possible closure, along with Justice…
WELCH, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has announced a $3.2 million initiative to provide drinking water filtration systems to 5,000 households in McDowell and Mingo counties that rely on private wells, springs or cisterns. The initiative combines $1.2 million in federal funding…
WOAY-TV LEWISBURG, WV (WOAY) – A new agreement between Vandalia Health and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, plus $4 million from the Rural Health Transformation Program, will reopen labor and delivery services at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center. According to Gov.
The transition, originally scheduled for January, will affect pre-K through second-grade students, who will now finish the current school year at Blanchard Elementary. School officials say construction on the new elementary wing is progressing, but roadway improvements, including a planned…
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