CHARLESTON - The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History has published "Transportation in the Mountain State by Water, Road, Rail and Air," a 13-month calendar highlighting how the state's mountainous terrain, abundant rivers, narrow ...
CHARLESTON The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) is pleased to announce the West Virginia Sustainable Schools Award. The initiative promotes a comprehensive approach to creating sustainable schools.The West Virginia Sustainable Schools Award will recognize schools that exemplify a ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Do you read aloud to your children? Is there ever a time when children are too old to be read to? West Virginia Superintendent Jorea Marple doesn't think so. A firm believer in reading aloud, even at the upper grade levels, Marple is encouraging teachers, parents and ...
Arts organizations and history museums have a special opportunity to apply for competitive funding to help make their buildings and programs more accessible to the public and to make needed repairs and renovations.The Arts Section of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the ...
CLARKSBURG The U.S. Small Business Administration is launching its WV Small Business 'Rural & Ready' development and training initiative with three events in the Eastern Panhandle Nov. 2 through Nov. 4. The initiative is a statewide effort by the SBA to help West Virginia rural small ...
CHARLESTON - Gov. Early Ray Tomblin announced Tuesday that, following the Secretary of State's confirmation that all counties have completed the canvassing and certification process required by law, he will issue a proclamation calling the legislature into extraordinary session at noon, ...
CHARLESTON - Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin Sept. 29 announced that the state saved $2.61 million of taxpayer money through the issuance of the state's Infrastructure General Obligation Refunding Bonds, which were sold to investors yesterday. The $2.61 million in savings represents a 13.65 ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. About 500 schoolchildren from across West Virginia commemorated the 10th anniversary of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on Thursday, Sept. 8 with a Declaration of Commitment ceremony sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Education.The event at the state Culture ...
CHARLESTON - On Aug. 10 the West Virginia Board of Education adopted updated state driver education content standards to add rigor and address distracted driving that poor use of today's technology can cause.Updates to Policy 2520.8, Next Generation Driver Education Content Standards and ...