* As part of her president’s report to the West Virginia University at Parkersburg board of governors last week, WVUP President Torie Jackson read some of the results of an exercise in which students were asked to respond to the prompt “first generation.” Some of those responses were ...
If the weather has been a hindrance to your daily (or weekly) routine, think about what it has meant to organizations dependent upon the help of others to fulfill their missions. For the American Red Cross, January can be a difficult month. Weather is a factor, yes, but so is the active cold ...
If it took you several days to dig out, clear your driveway and sidewalks, maybe even wait for the roads closer to your home to be safe enough to drive on, you’re not alone. This week’s winter storm was likely an inconvenience for you AND your employer, with various levels of emergency ...
It’s been about a decade since the last time the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia worked on updates to the state Code of Judicial Conduct. Think about how much the world has changed since the last revision to that code, in November 2015. For that matter, think about how much we’ve ...
Whether it be willful ignorance for the sake of scoring political points or a genuine misunderstanding of the broad range of strategies necessary to tackle a dual public health crisis in Appalachia, elected officials and policymakers are handicapping efforts against one of the major dangers ...
At a time when both public and private colleges and universities in West Virginia are struggling financially, does it make any sense to gift $5 million in taxpayer dollars to a private vocational college based in Steubenville, Ohio — essentially to move into West Virginia and offer the same ...
