RISE West Virginia Awards Over $1.4 Million to Flood-impacted Small Businesses
West Virginia Department of Commerce Secretary Keith Burdette today announced that RISE West Virginia has awarded more than $1.4 million to small businesses in 11 counties. RISE West Virginia is the state’s long-term recovery initiative aimed at revitalizing local economies affected by the June 2016 flooding. “We launched RISE West Virginia to help our state’s […]
Christmas Stockings for Soldiers
Send our troops a little taste of home for the holidays! Brown Funeral Home is conducting its 3rd annual Christmas Stockings for Soldiers initiative. From now through November 25th, donors can stop in to the funeral home and pick-up a free Christmas stocking to take home, decorate and stuff with Christmas cheer. You will receive a […]
NOAA’s GOES-R Satellite Heads to Orbit to Improve Weather Forecast Accuracy and Speed
GOES-R, the first of NOAA’s highly advanced geostationary weather satellites, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 6:42 p.m. EST today, on its way to boost the nation’s weather observation network and NOAA’s prediction capabilities, leading to more accurate and timely forecasts, watches and warnings. In two weeks, once GOES-R is situated in orbit 22,300 […]
West Virginia Colleges Support Student Veterans with 5 Star Challenge
State officials are applauding West Virginia’s public colleges and universities for stepping up their efforts to support student veterans. During a meeting of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission earlier today, Dr. Paul Hill, Chancellor of the Commission, reported that all of the state’s public higher education institutions have met or exceeded the goals […]
Compound Identified by Marshall School of Pharmacy Research Team May Fight Superbugs
Jordan G. Sheppard, a third-year Marshall University School of Pharmacy student, along with school of pharmacy assistant professor Timothy E. Long, Ph.D., recently published research findings in the journal, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, from an initial study showing promise for a new tool in the fight against multidrug-resistant superbugs. Among the most dangerous superbugs […]
West Virginia State University Criminal Justice Students Take Top Honors at Conference
West Virginia State University (WVSU) Criminal Justice students walked away with top honors at the annual West Virginia Criminal Justice Educators Association conference Nov. 3-4 at the University’s Institute campus. WVSU Criminal Justice students swept the undergraduate paper competition at the annual conference, which represents all colleges and universities in West Virginia that offer Criminal […]
