It would be hard to blame high school seniors and their parents for being uncertain about the financial aid landscape for post-secondary education right now. But it still might come as a surprise to know that now — and for years — fewer students are applying for available college ...
It was somewhat of a shock on Friday when Coastal Carolina University — in Conway, S.C. — announced that West Virginia University’s next president would be Michael Benson. This happened a day after WVU’s Board of Governors, in a self-imposed cone of silence as it sought a new leader to ...
As your lone state government reporter here in Charleston, I have to cover both the House of Delegates and state Senate at the same time. Sometimes this means going to one chamber or the other. Sometimes that means having two computers open when two different committees are meeting at the same ...
Much work has been undertaken over the past two decades to clean up the hundreds of severely blighted properties around Wheeling. According to City Manager Robert Herron, thanks to federal taxpayer dollars from the COVID-19 pandemic, that work is nearing its end. “The Building and Planning ...
Editor, News-Register: I am writing to express my strong opposition to House Resolution 33, which proposes renaming Spruce Knob, the highest peak in West Virginia, to “Trump Mountain.” This resolution is not only unnecessary but also a wasteful use of time and resources that does not ...
After the American people made their voices heard in November, President Trump is now back in the White House with a Republican majority in both chambers of Congress. In this new Congress, my role has expanded. For the first time, I will serve as the senior-senator from West Virginia, the ...