Air1 Worship enters 2019 with new sound, renewed focus
ELKINS – Air1 network, heard locally on WCDE 89.9 FM, entered 2019 with a new sound and new energy driven by its listeners. After 20-plus years of bringing contemporary Christian…
It’s official: Neal Brown gets 6-year, $19M deal to lead Mountaineers
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Neal Brown, one of six FBS coaches to win 10 or more games in each of the last three years, has been named West Virginia University’s 35th…
Kyle Ebry Blackwell is first baby of 2019 at St. Joseph’s Hospital
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – St. Joseph’s Hospital welcomed the first baby of 2019, Kyle Ebry Blackwell at 5:37 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. Born to proud parents Kylli Blackwell and…
WVU doctoral candidate wins Facebook Emerging Scholar Fellowship
Claudia Flores-Saviaga, a doctoral candidate at West Virginia University, has won a 2019 Facebook Emerging Scholar Fellowship. The highly competitive fellowship is given to outstanding Ph.D. students from across the…
Capito announces committee assignments for 116th congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today announced her committee assignments for the 116th Congress. She will continue serving on four U.S. Senate committees—including the Committee on Appropriations;…
Manchin, others introduce legislation to secure miners’ pensions and healthcare
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Doug Jones (D-AL) and Bob Casey (D-PA) today introduced the American Miners Act of…
Stockert Youth & Community Center receives $10,000 grant from Weyerhaeuser
Stockert Youth & Community Center director Debora Brockleman received some good news recently: the Weyerhaeuser foundation awarded the center $10,000, which will go toward building a new multipurpose space. With…
Wesleyan grad named Healthier Generation CEO
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Alliance for a Healthier Generation (Healthier Generation), one of the nation’s preeminent children’s health organizations, named prominent health care executive and philanthropic leader Kathy Higgins to serve…
WVU researchers find telemedicine may increase patients’ satisfaction with their medical care
Cardiovascular disease pervades Appalachia, yet many Appalachians live far from any heart and vascular specialist. Follow-up doctor’s visits in the weeks after cardiovascular surgery can involve hours-long drives down narrow,…
Fairmont State junior chosen as Judith Herndon Fellow
Fairmont State University Junior and Vice President of the Fairmont State Student Government Association Tyler Keller has been chosen as a Judith Herndon Fellow for the upcoming legislative session. This is among…
