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, […]
New diversified agriculture program coordinator starts at WVU Parkersburg
Dr. Rosa Guedes is WVU Parkersburg’s new diversified agriculture program coordinator. The new program will begin in the spring of 2013. However, Guedes began developing curriculum for the program in August. The new program is intended to train students in skills to meet the demand for locally grown food. The produce grown in the program […]
49 years and counting, Cass Scenic Railroad fired up for its golden anniversary in 2013
The world’s foremost roster of working Shay locomotives is faithfully chugging toward a golden anniversary in 2013. The train line, originally built in 1901, hauled timber to the mill in the town of Cass for almost 60 years. The rail-haul logging operation and bandsaw mill ceased operations on July 1, 1960. Over the course of three years that followed, […]
