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A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant program is positioned to expand online learning opportunities for adults in West Virginia seeking to complete a Regents Bachelor of Arts (RBA) degree. Through the $499,991 grant, which was awarded to the West Virginia Network (WVNET), students will be able to participate…
Marshall University’s School of Art and Design students and the public are invited to paint storefronts in two locations beginning at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2 for downtown Huntington’s 12 Days of Christmas. As part of Associate Professor Ian Hagarty’s 12-person foundations class, each pane from the Visual Art Center’s eight and the adjacent…
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator, Maria Contreras-Sweet, announced that the federal agency is partnering with the National Restaurant Association to promote dining out during Small Business Saturday on November 29th. The partnership will amplify restaurants during the national push to support our nation’s small businesses on the busiest shopping weekend of the year.…
West Liberty University has selected Marshal Larkey as the new regional admissions representative for the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. His focus also includes the metro-counties of Maryland and Virginia. “We are pleased to have Marshal working with us and helping us to bring the value of a West Liberty University education to more students…
Berkeley Medical Center’s Nurse Work Life Council named Karen Miller, a registered nurse on the fifth floor medical/surgical unit, as the recipient of the DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses for the third quarter 2014. The award was presented to Miller during a recent ceremony at the medical center. She received a certificate along with a…
West Virginia’s 2014 Natural Resources Police Officer of the Year is J.R. Casto of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) District 6. Col. Jerry Jenkins, chief of the DNR Law Enforcement Section, presented Officer Casto with the award during a recent ceremony at the DNR District 6 Office in Parkersburg. Each year, one…