Wood County Schools officials took an important step in bringing National School Safety and Security Services in for a check-up of the district’s efforts. “Safety is our number one priority,” Wood County Schools Superintendent Christie Willis said. “We just wanted an extra pair of ...
Appalachian Regional Commission officials earlier this week announced $68.2 million in awards to 65 projects through its Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (anything to come up with a snappy acronym) initiative. Though not all of the commission’s efforts ...
Not everyone in Appalachia has been encouraged to think of energy efficiency in a positive light. Too often, we get told the pursuit of energy efficiency is a progressive, liberal, big-government ploy to get us to turn our backs on our way of life. Of course, the reality is quite ...
Most West Virginia public schools are making slow improvement in the categories that put 49 of 55 counties “on watch” last year. Despite that, there are still 41 “on watch” for not meeting one or more in a long list of standards “We’re charged as a state with providing a thorough ...
During last week’s special session of the West Virginia Legislature, lawmakers carved out time to honor someone important not only to the state, but to the country. They passed a resolution to place a statue of the late Hershel “Woody” Williams inside the U.S. Capitol. Williams, who ...
* The Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg celebrated its 60th anniversary in style last week with its Great Futures Gala. The organization is making such important strides that the president and CEO of the national organization was on hand to help celebrate. Jim Clark said when he visited the ...
