Kanawha County Schools took another step forward in the annual budget process this week with the approval of levy rates by the county Board of Education.
West Virginia State University hosted its annual Career and Employment Expo on Tuesday.
West Virginia University will conduct an online meeting this week to discuss a new law taking effect July 1 that permits carrying concealed weapons on campus.
MORGANTOWN — Joshua Weishart has called the West Virginia University College of Law home for the past 12 years.
The driver of a Putnam County school bus that crashed early Wednesday morning remained hospitalized Thursday while investigators await toxicology and medical reports as well as the results of “black box†data that will help them determine the cause of the crash.
As lawmakers struggle with legislation to address disciplinary issues in West Virginia classrooms, education officials are voicing concerns over its potential impact on students and the lack of support in addressing the underlying mental and emotional health issues that contribute to problem…
For an event that involved bombings, beatings and boycotts and has been credited with birthing the tea party movement and the culture wars that now divide America, the Kanawha County textbook controversy came into being quietly and unexpectedly 50 years ago this week.
The Kanawha County textbook controversy helped set the stage for the culture wars of today, according to at least two academicians and two leaders on opposite sides of the 50-year-old event.
The West Virginia School Building Authority approved millions in funding Wednesday for school-improvement projects across the state.
An 8-year-old second- grade girl who was seated behind the driver was among nine Putnam County students treated in area hospitals Wednesday following an early morning school bus accident on Roosevelt Boulevard, in Eleanor.
Students in West Virginia will be required to complete a course in personal finance during their junior or senior year after a policy change approved Tuesday by the state Board of Education.
West Virginia University’s Board of Governors is scheduled to vote Friday, April 12, on a campus carry rule that would govern how the university implements a new law allowing weapons to be carried on campuses.
The West Virginia United Students’ Union is the leading oppositional force against cuts at the state's flagship university. The union has organized protests, circulated petitions and helped save a handful of teaching positions before 143 faculty and 28 majors were ultimately cut. West Virgin…
With the state’s campus carry law set to take effect July 1, West Virginia University is continuing to prepare for the reality of concealed firearms as part of life on campus.
Some cybersecurity educators in West Virginia agree that both the need for cybersecurity experts and their job prospects are growing. But as educators attempt to meet that need, their tactics are changing.
Gov. Jim Justice is facing pressure to veto a bill that would weaken vaccine requirements for schools across the state.
West Virginia University’s hunt for the ideal location for the Pride Practice Field and Facility for the Mountaineer Marching Band has targeted Med Fields, on the Health Sciences Campus, as the prime on-campus option.
Jobs in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) fields are some of the most in-demand careers of the 21st century. Engineering — necessary for many facets of life — also encompasses Science, Technology and Mathematics.
College students in West Virginia are facing delays in receiving financial aid offers this year because of setbacks in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid process, education officials say.
Kanawha County Schools is faced with trimming 52 positions as a result of funding lost because of declining enrollment, including the loss of students to charter schools, according to a treasurer’s report this week.
Institute’s newest boutique officially opens Wednesday for students at West Virginia State University.
West Virginia’s two largest universities are preparing for the July launch of Campus Carry, but there are still final details to work out.
The West Virginia University Board of Governors on Monday began outlining the process for hiring the school’s next president.
Marshall University 2022 graduate Katy Spears is bringing home to Marshall students in the form of her Wildflower Homes. The tiny homes that will be near campus will be an alternative to dorm room living for Marshall students.
Though West Virginia does not have its own veterinary school, veterinary technology programs, pre-veterinary programs and other resources within the state are paving the way for students’ entry into the veterinary field.
LEWISBURG — The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) will now offer a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences degree program.
This week, a team of college students made the 700-mile, 11-hour drive from New England to the Kanawha State Forest to pick up sticks, and they’re glad they came.
The shadow of a potential $465 million clawback of COVID relief funding from the U.S. Department of Education hung over West Virginia’s 2024 legislative regular session.
WELCH — A few months ago, Jawuan Jackson got an unexpected email that launched him on a journey.
Since opening in 2021, the Bill Noe Flight School at Marshall University has seen rapid growth, going from just 20 students to 118 and from one aircraft to seven in almost three years, according to Chief of Aviation Operations Nancy Ritter.
While many U.S. colleges and universities have been struggling with declining enrollment since before the arrival of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the University of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä has gained ground in student numbers across the board for the past decade.
Health care, cybersecurity, veterinary care and a doctoral program — West Virginia State University is buzzing with new initiatives to put the Yellow Jackets on the map.
Teachers who work there say Chandler Academy is the emergency room of Kanawha County Schools.
West Virginia officials are negotiating with the federal government regarding more than $450 million distributed to counties during the pandemic, the chairman of the state House of Delegates Finance Committee announced Thursday morning.
Discussion about a new recovery high school in the region, including details on how the facility will operate, continued Wednesday.
The Yellow Jacket faithful buzzed around the West Virginia Capitol, on Thursday, for the annual West Virginia State University Day at the legislature.
A bill intended to help teachers combat extreme student behavior passed the West Virginia Senate on Monday.
Overnight rains Monday into Tuesday have created hazardous conditions in the Kanawha Valley, forcing several school districts to adjust their Tuesday schedules.
The Winfield Middle School band will be performing a “Koncert for Koda†on Tuesday in honor of student Koda Jarrett, 14, who was killed in St. Albans last week.
About 20 children and parents turned out for Ms. Mary’s story time Wednesday morning, filling a fourth-floor classroom at the Kanawha County Public Library in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
A West Virginia University Faculty Senate meeting Monday laid bare significant cuts to be sustained by WVU’s libraries amid a university-wide restructuring.
Preston County High School students Gavin Miller (left) and Hayleigh Fullmer have fun while making buckwheat pancakes around the Upper Rotunda of the West Virginia Capitol on Feb. 6, 2024, during Preston County Day in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
Students at Nitro Elementary School were temporarily moved from classrooms to the school’s main hallway and gym early Monday, after a carbon monoxide detector sounded, indicating the presence of the colorless, odorless gas.
West Virginia University’s president declared the institution-wide restructuring that resulted in wide-ranging faculty and program cuts “immensely successful†before a panel of state lawmakers Wednesday, even as the school’s chief financial officer reported an unsettled 2025 budget.
A 7-foot-tall bison wearing a green T-shirt was a big hit at Marshall Day at the West Virginia Capitol in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
HUNTINGTON — A new bachelor of fine arts degree program in filmmaking is expected to begin at Marshall University this fall.
Several dozen WVU students, faculty, staff and Mountaineer faithful came to the state Capitol in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä on Tuesday for the annual WVU Day at the Legislature, sponsored by West Virginia University and the WVU Extension Office.
HUNTINGTON — The new Free Application for Federal Student Aid, dubbed the Better FAFSA, launched last month with a redesign prompted by the FAFSA Simplification Act.
For J.R. Ash, working to educate his peers about the dangers of smoking isn’t just something to check off his community service list. It’s personal.
For almost 25 years, Riverside High School has been feeding families in the Upper Kanawha Valley through its food pantry, which is run largely by students.
Single-digit temperatures in the region have prompted most Kanawha Valley school districts to delay or alter classes on Monday.
Winter weather is hanging around the Kanawha Valley long enough to force several school delays for Thursday. Here's the list of area delays and altered schedules:
The ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä area received as much snow on Monday as it saw all last winter.