Mon Health EMS Purchases Life-Saving Rescue Equipment

Mon Health EMS recently purchased $40,000 in Hurst rescue equipment to help extricate crash victims more quickly from the scene of an accident. “Vehicles on the road these days are built with stronger frames that contain 33 percent high strength steel, which is 20 percent more than in 2009,” said Daniel Six, a paramedic with…

DOE Laboratories Sign Memorandum of Understanding For Innovative Coal Research

Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories with energy research expertise are joining forces to pursue research on new ways to use coal to create innovative high-value products. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed today by representatives of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) at NETL’s Pittsburgh…

Underground Cinema to Screen “Farmers of America” Documentary March 20

The West Virginia Urban Agriculture Conference will host a special screening of the film “Farmers for America” at the West Virginia International Film Festival’s (WVIFF) Underground Cinema in Charleston, Tuesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. West Virginia farmer Calvin Riggleman is featured in the documentary. The film profiles a series of young farmers from across…

WVU’s State of Minds Fundraising Campaign Brings in More Than $1.2 Billion

The largest private fundraising campaign in West Virginia University history saw more than 90,000 donors contribute just over $1.2 billion to the University. Alumni and friends of WVU contributed $1,218,886,505 to the “State of Minds” campaign which ended Dec. 31, WVU President Gordon Gee announced Tuesday (Feb. 27) during his State of the University Address…

Marshall Film Studies Program to Screen Locally Produced Movie About Growing up in West Virginia

Marshall University will present a screening of Meadow Bridge, written and directed by Tijah Bumgarner, assistant professor of Journalism and Mass Communication in the College of Arts and Media, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, in room 154 of Smith Hall on Marshall’s Huntington campus. Meadow Bridge is a coming-of-age story filmed and set in…