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CHARLES TOWN (AP) — American Public University System has named Conrad Lotze to the new position of dean of the School of Education. Lotze has been senior product development manager and math program coordinator at the Teachers College of Western Governors University, another online school. Provost Karan Powell said Monday that Lotze brings valuable experience [...]
Continue reading …MONTGOMERY (AP) — Bridgemont Community and Technical College will offer an accelerated associate degree in Diesel Technology. Classes are at the South Charleston campus and let students finish in less than a year, compared to two years in a more traditional class schedule. President Jo Harris says the program was created in collaboration with local [...]
Continue reading …ELKINS (AP) — A recent study provides a glimpse of what the Monongahela Forest looked like in West Virginia before the land was settled and logged. Researchers with the U.S. Forest Service and West Virginia University used original deeds dating from 1752 to 1899 to create a database of 22,328 trees used by surveyors to [...]
Continue reading …SISSONVILLE (AP) — Sissonville High School has stopped offering a prayer before football games after a national organization told school officials the practice is unconstitutional. Many students and parents don’t agree with the decision. Principal Ron Reedy said about half of the school’s 650 students wore purple on Friday to show their support for the [...]
Continue reading …MARTINSBURG (AP) — A registered nurse from Virginia is accused of stealing drugs from the VA Medical Center in Martinsburg. A federal grand jury named 29-year-old Paula High of Virginia Beach in a 78-count indictment this week. U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld says High is charged with obtaining and possessing prescription painkillers by committing fraud, forgery [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — Her mother is in prison for welfare fraud. Her stepfather is lying low. Her six siblings, some just infants, are in the custody of child welfare authorities. And Aliayah Lunsford, the brown-eyed 3-year-old who vanished from her West Virginia home a year ago Monday, is still missing. “It just seems like everybody’s [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — A Charleston man has an Oct. 3 court date on charges he bit the head off a pigeon. Police have charged 48-year-old Wesley Amos Williams with misdemeanor animal cruelty and other counts after they identified him from an Internet video that apparently shows Williams biting off the bird’s head in downtown Charleston, [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — More than 160 seats on West Virginia boards and commissions appointed by the governor are vacant. Becky Neal with the Governor’s Office says finding people to serve is a challenge. The various boards and commissions have distinct eligibility requirements. Neal tells the Charleston Gazette that requirements often include residency in a specific [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — In just one week, participants in Morgantown’s urban deer hunt are feeding a lot of hungry people. On Wednesday evening, they donated 543 pounds of venison to local shelters and food pantries The 2nd Annual Urban Deer Archery Hunt runs from Sept. 8 through Dec. 31 for 77 bow hunters. Each archer [...]
Continue reading …BRYAN CLARK Spirit Staff WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin invoked President Harry Truman on Thursday in a rebuke against fellow lawmakers, who are preparing to vote on a resolution to fund the government until after the November election with no major changes in taxes or spending. The measure, called a ‘continuing resolution,’ is expected to [...]
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