Ever considered becoming a foster parent, only to back off on the idea because the process seems too daunting? A new partnership among the West Virginia Department of Human Services, Aetna Better Health of West Virginia and 10 foster care agencies statewide is aiming to change that. In an ...

Applause to Upshur County Sheriff John Michael Coffman and Upshur County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Deputy Director Derek V. Long, who were presented West Virginia Medals of Valor this week by Gov. Jim Justice during a ceremony in Charleston. On the morning of June 16, 2022, ...

Researchers at West Virginia University have put together a database that shows what most of us already know, the hundreds upon hundreds of occupations for which practitioners are required to get a license are hampered by the subsequent professional obstacles and necessary price hikes those ...

West Virginia schools have a long way to go to meet the standards we expect for our children. But the reality is, if we want what we should for our future, education officials will never be able to rest on past gains. Should you need proof we are getting at least some things very right in our ...

In Lower Saucon Township, Pa., residents are awaiting the results of an investigation into yet another Norfolk Southern train derailment March 2. This one involved three trains and scattered rail cars along a riverbank. At least one was partially in the Lehigh River. So far, the National ...

It took four long years, but U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials are finally ready to recommend parents should treat COVID-19 and its variants like any other respiratory illness. It is no longer a federal recommendation that students undergo isolation periods and ...