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,” ...
When state lawmakers created the YesWV Site Readiness program, the idea was to make sure an employer that wanted to build here would be able to find the perfect spot. This week, the Wood County Economic Development Authority got the ball rolling on two such properties with the help of grants ...
Monday marked the conclusion of an extraordinary chapter in American higher education as E. Gordon Gee stepped down from his presidency at West Virginia University. Spanning more than four decades and multiple institutions, Gee’s career has been characterized by visionary leadership, an ...
