* Parkersburg South High School’s marching band celebrated an undefeated 2025 season at last week’s Wood County Schools Board of Education meeting. Randall Reid-Smith, a representative from U.S. Senator Jim Justice’s office, talked about being in awe of the band when he was growing up. ...
A gift of good news came for the state this week, in the form of the American Society of Civil Engineers “2025 Report Card for West Virginia’s Infrastructure.” The Mountain State’s grade has improved from the last grade it received, in 2020. Now the dose of reality: The grade improved ...
State officials have come up with a creative way to address one of the challenges in West Virginia’ foster care system, with Gov. Patrick Morrisey and state Department of Human Services Secretary Alex Mayer proposing a revolving investment fund to renovate state-owned foster care facilities ...
Officials have known for years there are maternal healthcare challenges in Ohio, but it always comes as a shock to see the numbers. This month, the state Department of Health announced it is hosting trainings for some new programs meant to help prevent the deaths of mothers due to ...
If you’ve been putting off getting the REAL ID, you’re running out of time. There will be additional identity checks and a $45 fee at airports, for example, if you do not have one by Feb. 1, 2026. West Virginia’s Department of Motor Vehicles says only 63% of residents have the REAL ID, ...
Our region’s population is aging, and that growing older population is increasingly vulnerable to a number of abuses. Sometimes they fall victim to complex scams, in this digital age. Sometimes they fall prey to those on whom they should most be able to rely. WalletHub estimates elder abuse ...
