CHARLESTON - For many, the Rockefeller name is associated with oil and money. But in West Virginia, it's associated with a man who came to a state he didn't know and dedicated his life to serving as a volunteer, educator, secretary of state, governor, and finally as a U.S. Senator. The ...
PARKERSBURG – Although Jay Rockefeller was not originally from West Virginia, many area business and community leaders felt he left his mark on the Mountain State by serving its people at both the state and federal level for many years. Rockefeller, 89, passed away Friday at his home in Washington, D.C. He came to West Virginia in the mid-1960s as a 27-year-old VISTA volunteer with Action for Appalachian Youth in a mining community in Kanawha County. “He was the most generous and dedicated individual I have ever had the privilege of meeting,” said local attorney and former ...
VIENNA — Grand Central Mall celebrated its grand reopening Friday with new flooring, lighting and food court furnishings, an expanded bookstore and a pledge from its owners to continue investing in the shopping center. Community members, local officials and business representatives ...
BELPRE — For Belpre’s cross country runners, a 12-mile stretch of a national relay offered steep hills, a chance to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary and one more run together after the end of their season. Ten Belpre athletes in grades eight through 12 participated in the ...
CHARLESTON - With legislative interim meetings expected to take up the topic of reforming West Virginia's complicated and dated school aid formula next week and during next year's regular session, lawmakers have invoked an automatic stay of a recent lawsuit with state education officials also ...
PARKERSBURG – The president of WVU Parkersburg was named the 2026 Entrepreneurial President of the Year Monday by the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship. Dr. Torie Jackson said the recognition belongs to a campus that has learned to look at ordinary things and ask ...
