Upshur County proclaims April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, highlighting alarming statistics

Chris Payne, a WVU College of Law graduate, is carrying forward a Beckley legacy started by his great-grandfather, Brown Wesley Payne—the area’s first Black attorney.

As National Hospital Week highlights the people and places behind care close to home, West Virginia’s hospitals are being recognized for showing up 24/7. From rural access and telehealth to cost pressures and collaboration, their mission keeps communities thriving.

WVU medical student Jonathan “Tucker” Bennett turned the loss of his brother and mother into a calling to practice emergency medicine and “help as many families as possible.” Scholarship support helped him graduate with less debt and more flexibility.

The Fred W. Eberle Technical Center Administrative Council will meet in regular session Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at 2 p.m. The meeting will be held at the center in Buckhannon.

Buckhannon’s buzzing as festival week begins.

Gerald “Gerry” Milnes of Elkins has been named a 2026 NEA National Heritage Fellow, the nation’s top honor in folk and traditional arts, receiving the Bess Lomax Hawes fellowship for his lifelong work documenting Appalachian culture.