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Kickoff Set For Apprenticeship Works Program

The Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing, the U.S. Department of Labor and their partners will celebrate the kickoff of Apprenticeship Works, the National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship Program at RCBI, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, in downtown Huntington. Manufacturers, community members and others are invited to the event, which begins at 1:30 p.m. at […]

Renowned New York Eye Surgeon Welcomed to Cabell Huntington Hospital

Rene S. Rodriguez-Sains, MD, FACS, an ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgeon, ophthalmologist and ophthalmic oncologist, has joins the Medical and Dental Staff at Cabell Huntington Hospital. He specializes in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery involving the eye and surrounding tissue. While in private practice for more than 30 years in New York City, he has authored […]

Mountain Stage’s Larry Groce to Kick Off WVSU Creators Program Spring Line-up

West Virginia State University (WVSU) will kick-off the spring session of its Creators Program workshop series with a free Creators Talk by Larry Groce, host of National Public Radio’s (NPR) “Mountain Stage,” Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 7:15 p.m. at the WVSU Economic Development Center (EDC) in Charleston. In a talk entitled “The Making of Mountain […]

WMUL-FM Named Finalist for Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Award

Marshall University’s public radio station, WMUL-FM, has been named a finalist for Best College/University Radio Station (more than 10,000 students) in the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System’s annual awards contest. WMUL is among five other stations named finalists in the category. The other finalists are California State University Long Beach’s KKJZ, Indiana University’s WIUX, Montclair State University’s […]

Thoracic surgeon welcomed to Cabell Huntington Hospital

Cabell Huntington Hospital welcomes Mark Cooper, MD, PhD, a board-certified and fellowship-trained physician specializing in thoracic surgery, to the Medical and Dental Staff. He performs surgery on the heart, lungs, esophagus and other organs in the chest and provides minimally invasive robotic surgery services. He has 27 years of experience in general and cardiothoracic surgery. […]