St. Joseph’s Hospital Prompt Care walk-in clinic springs forward with expanded hours

Buckhannon City Council approved buying a low-mileage 2016 pumper from Milton for $310,000 and splitting the cost with the Buckhannon Volunteer Fire Department — considerable savings over a new truck, which could cost more than $1 million.

Finding childcare in West Virginia is often frustrating and expensive, with long waitlists, high costs, and few nearby options — one of the state’s biggest barriers to employment.

West Virginia DoHS urges Medicaid members to stay informed ahead of new federal requirements taking effect Jan. 1, 2027, including community engagement rules for certain adults.

Three of the six new members of the West Virginia Agriculture and Forestry Hall of Fame have Upshur County ties, with the 2026 class honored July 11 at Jackson’s Mill.

Hamilton original cast member Thayne Jasperson led a full day of Broadway workshops in Clarksburg for Fairmont State and local dance students, featuring dance classes, a singing-acting “Broadway Experience,” and Hamilton choreography.

WVU researcher Chris Fowler is helping NASA’s ESCAPADE mission send satellites to Mars to study space weather and the Martian atmosphere. Back on Earth, he’s using a NASA early-career award to bring real spacecraft data and coding into rural West Virginia high schools.