Imagine a career in which you personally celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of more than 335,000 men and women. That’s the mark retiring West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee set earlier this month when he conferred degrees to graduates of WVU’s final three ...
* Wood County Schools director of curriculum and instruction Ashlee Beatty and her team of 30 educators have put in a lot of work to choose the new instructional materials for PreK and social studies across grade levels. It’s not an easy task these days, but the group spent months examining ...
It’s the end of a school year; perhaps it is the opening weekend for swimming pools; it’s a three-day break — an excuse to travel, grill out, invite a few friends over and relax. It is Memorial Day weekend. And on Monday, in the midst of all that summer celebration, we must remember ...
When there is a need in our communities, sometimes it takes collaboration among multiple local organizations to work toward a solution. In the case of our region’s need for more quality, affordable child care options, it took West Virginia University at Parkersburg, WVU Medicine Camden Clark ...
Memorials to honor those who served our country in the military are all over our region — and rightly so. Many can be found in city and county parks, as is the case for the memorial honoring submariners lost during World War II, at Mountwood Park. It honors the service of all the ...
West Virginia’s deadly substance abuse epidemic has become significantly less so lately. According to the National Center for Health Statistics through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there has been a 43.5% decrease in overdose deaths in the state over the past ...
