Thursday, May 16 2013 7:55 AM EDT2013-05-16 11:55:29 GMT
No one should be upset because no one picked the correct numbers to win the large Powerball jackpot last night. It didn't stop people from walking up to the lottery outlets to buy a chance at a multi-million
No one should be upset because no one picked the correct numbers to win the large Powerball jackpot last night. It didn't stop people from walking up to the lottery outlets to buy a chance at a multi-million
Friday, May 17 2013 2:00 PM EDT2013-05-17 18:00:05 GMT
The Center for Early Learning will house WVU-P's early learning program for children aged 13 months to 6 years and replaces the current one-room center.
The Center for Early Learning will house WVU-P's early learning program for children aged 13 months to 6 years and replaces the current one-room center.
Thursday, May 16 2013 3:00 PM EDT2013-05-16 19:00:38 GMT
A former and a current West Virginia University employee have filed a federal lawsuit.
A former and a current West Virginia University employee have filed a federal lawsuit saying the university's board of governors and others failed to restore their reputations following an academic integrity investigation that didn't find misconduct.
Tuesday, May 14 2013 2:38 PM EDT2013-05-14 18:38:13 GMT
New River Community and Technical College, with campuses in Southern West Virginia, will increase tuition for in-state students by 7 percent to offset budget cuts.
New River Community and Technical College, with campuses in Southern West Virginia, will increase tuition for in-state students by 7 percent to offset budget cuts.
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:21 AM EDT2013-05-18 15:21:18 GMT
Active and retired members of the United Mine Workers, along with labor and community supporters, will march and rally in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Kathy Surratt-States
Active and retired members of the United Mine Workers, along with labor and community supporters, will march and rally in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday.
Thursday, May 16 2013 2:27 PM EDT2013-05-16 18:27:18 GMT
The gas industry brine processing facility GreenHunter Water proposes to build and operate in Wheeling would, in a sense, pay operators to take their clean brine back out with them.
The gas industry brine processing facility GreenHunter Water proposes to build and operate in Wheeling would, in a sense, pay operators to take their clean brine back out with them.
Thursday, May 16 2013 1:48 PM EDT2013-05-16 17:48:30 GMT
Compressed natural gas has cost less than 60 percent as much as gasoline, on an energy-equivalent basis, over the past few years. Several public CNG stations are in development in West Virginia.
Compressed natural gas has cost less than 60 percent as much as gasoline, on an energy-equivalent basis, over the past few years. Several public CNG stations are in development in West Virginia.
Thursday, May 16 2013 8:15 AM EDT2013-05-16 12:15:26 GMT
Driving, fueling and maintaining a natural gas-fired vehicle is essentially the same as a traditional vehicle. The difference is natural gas gets you there for less than half of the cost at current prices.
Driving, fueling and maintaining a natural gas-fired vehicle is essentially the same as a traditional vehicle. The difference is natural gas gets you there for less than half of the cost at current prices.
This fall, students in Northern West Virginia can begin enrolling in a program that will train them for jobs in Marcellus Shale drilling.
James Skidmore, chancellor of the Community and Technical College System of West Virginia, said Pierpont Community and Technical College in Fairmont and Northern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Wheeling, Weirton and New Martinsville will begin offering a petroleum technology program this fall. The program will help students prepare for a variety of jobs in the Marcellus Shale area, primarily in northern and North Central West Virginia.
"Currently (our programs) address the needs of the oil and gas industry, and we have two colleges primarily focused on that — Pierpont Community and Technical College and Northern West Virginia Community and Technical College. That's primarily where most of the drilling is taking place for Marcellus Shale," Skidmore said. "Each of those colleges is doing training for the oil and gas industry — things like floor hands, CPR safety, hydraulics, some of those types of things that are entry-level positions in the oil and gas industry."
Skidmore said the CTC system has worked with the oil and gas industry to create a curriculum that would enhance the skills of West Virginia students and prepare them for jobs in the industry. Students can earn either a one-year certificate or a two-year associates of science degree in petroleum technology.
"It will train and educate folks for a variety of jobs in the oil and gas industry," Skidmore said.
"We're talking to employers all the time about what their needs are and are trying to deliver those programs that will provide opportunities for West Virginians to gain the sills to move into those highly-paid jobs."
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