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CHARLESTON (AP) — The income gap between West Virginia’s richest and poorest residents has widened dramatically over the past few decades, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. West Virginia had the seventh largest increase in income inequality in the nation between the late 1970s [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — Charleston police are investigating why a package with a dead pigeon and note inside was left in the driveway of Mayor Danny Jones. Jones found the package outside his home Friday morning. He then called police. Sgt. Bobby Eggleton tells media outlets that the pigeon had been shot. Jones says the note [...]
Continue reading …LINGER NO LONGER: Marple’s ouster a deplorable power grab that must be undone
November 19, 2012 No CommentWade Linger, the Marion County technology mogul who is president of the West Virginia Board of Education, orchestrated last week’s ugly and unprecedented power grab to oust Superintendent Jorea Marple. No reason was given, and the move will hurt schoolchildren and communities throughout West Virginia. Now, with many schools across the state already on their [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen called them “junior-high mistakes.” Several gaffes on special teams have diverted some attention away from weekly breakdowns on defense during what has become the Mountaineers’ longest losing streak in 11 years. After a 55-34 loss at Oklahoma State, the first thing Holgorsen did was set aside practice [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — A cable television show will broadcast last summer’s trial of a Charleston man convicting of causing the death of an 11-year-old boy who was hit by a car. The West Virginia Supreme Court says Ethan Chic-Colbert’s trial will be televised on the TruTV’s “In Session” starting Thursday. The program will air from [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — A school bus inspector from Greenbrier County has been named the nation’s best for the second straight year. Jack Defibaugh won the title last year and again this year from the National Association for Pupil Transportation. He was honored Wednesday by the West Virginia Board of Education. The national competition in Rocky [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — The West Virginia State Police is getting help from the federal government to combat sexual exploitation of children. The agency has been awarded more than $275,000 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The funding will be used to help law enforcement investigate and prosecute child sexual [...]
Continue reading …ELKINS (AP) — A Chinese commodities exchange is interested in buying hardwood from West Virginia producers. A six-member delegation from Tianjin Commodities Exchange met with timber producers this week at the West Virginia Wood Technology Center in Elkins. Randolph County Development Authority executive director Robbie Morris tells The Inter-Mountain that purpose of the meeting was [...]
Continue reading …KINGWOOD (AP) — A new audit of the Preston County school system recommends the state Department of Education restore local control in only two minor areas _ the school calendar and district policies. The report being presented Wednesday by the Office of Education Performance Audits concludes that serious problems remain in the district despite a [...]
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