West Liberty Students Arrive in Sister City to Aid Tornado Victims

As the town of West Liberty, Ky. recovers from a devastating tornado, its “sister” city in West Liberty, W.Va., has not forgotten them. On Oct. 25, 29 students and four staff of West Liberty University returned to the recovering town to assist the residents in their ongoing reconstruction efforts. The West Virginia group will work…

West Virginia University at Parkersburg wins inaugural Green Genome award

As part of an expanding national effort to support “green” practices, programs and training at the nation’s more than 1,100 community colleges, West Virginia University at Parkersburg was one of five exemplary community colleges to be presented with a Green Genome Award this month at a community college summit hosted by Gateway Technical College in…

West Virginia DEP contracts with MU Geography Department to employ student interns to convert paper mine maps to GIS format

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) has sub-contracted with Marshall University’s Geography Department to employ student interns to convert paper mine maps to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database format. The contract for the GeoMine project is actually a renewal of a previous contract that lasted from December 2011 to September 2012. The current…

August 2012 Quality Service Award Recipient Announced at City Hospital

Esther Jackson was recently named City Hospital’s Quality Service Award winner for August 2012. Each month, the hospital’s Service Award Committee selects an employee to receive the Quality Service Award.  Jackson, a patient care tech on the medical/surgical unit, was nominated by one of her patients who stated, “She is one of the nicest people…

Free Legal Assistance Available for Storm Survivors

On October 2, 2012, a toll-free legal aid line was set-up to  take  calls from survivors of this summer’s derecho in designated West Virginia counties. These counties are Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Pendleton,…