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FridayJune 21, 2019

University boys basketball welcoming heightened expectations

Hawks return four starters, including standout backcourt, from last season's Class AAA championship team.

Rappelers bring attention to anti-racism campaign

YWCA Charleston's "Over the Edge" event began Friday.

MetroNews expands H.S. football broadcast schedule

Five regular season games can be viewed on the MetroNews Channel.

Senate to take up omnibus education bill — again — on Monday

Other bills to consider include appropriations and standalone education bills.

Pitch book unveiled by Charleston-Huntington metro leaders to promote Opportunity Zones

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito spoke at the Advantage Valley announcement on Friday.

New shotgun facility opens in Lewis County

Stonewall Sporting Clays features the most state of the art clay and trap shooting range in the region

Capito: Iran must be taken seriously

Senator says this week's events are troubling.

Gee’s contract extended

WVU president gets three more years.

School of Osteopathic Medicine receives high marks in recent accreditation

LEWISBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine received high marks following a recent accreditation. The Higher Learning Commission gave the Lewisburg-based school an excellent review, according to WVSOM President James Nemitz. “Basically we’ve met all of their criteria and they’re not requiring any monitoring reports which means essentially they could find anything wrong with

Decision on Gee contract could come Friday

WVU president has sought extension.

Republicans get on the same page on education reform… finally

It took a while—okay, it took six months—but Republicans in the state Senate, the House of Delegates and the Republican Governor finally got on the same page. The Senate’s version of comprehensive education reform—SB 451—originated in the Senate Education Committee way back on January 28th.  What followed was months of debate and dispute, a two-day