Despite the irresponsible “political” noise surrounding the matter, vaccines remain an important step for parents to take in keeping their children as healthy and safe as possible. For those with children old enough to enter school, state law — West Virginia Code 16-3-4 to be exact — ...
Students looking to get a high-quality post-secondary education in the medical field have a few excellent choices in West Virginia. Among them, and perhaps flying slightly under the radar, is the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. It has a main campus in Lewisburg, W.Va., sure, but ...
When members of law enforcement, prosecutors and Child Protective Services need a safe place for forensic interviews and medical exams to aid in child abuse investigations in Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie and Calhoun counties, they turn to the North Star Child Advocacy Center. And, yes, ...
* Superintendent Jeff Greenley and others in the Belpre City Schools administration are certainly doing the difficult, time-consuming leg work necessary to bring voters’ vision for their children’s futures to fruition. Last week, Greenley told members of the Board of Education about ...
Saturday marks the end of the Wood County 4-H and FFA Summer Showcase, as livestock awards and a sale wrap up a week’s worth of exhibitions and activities at the Wood County 4-H Camp. Year after year the event is one of the many activities that have become such an important tradition over ...
One of elected officials’ favorite tricks is to drag out the line “But are you better off than you were (insert politically beneficial timeframe here)?” It gets people thinking: Am I better off? For West Virginians living in a state that hopes to win an economic “Backyard Brawl,” ...
