BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Jan. 10 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news: Mary Belt '13 pivoted her nursing career to the skies and has spent the last four years as a part-time flight nurse for HealthNet Aeromedical Services. HealthNet has eight aeromedical bases in West Virginia Morgantown, Millwood, Huntington, Beckley, Buckhannon, Martinsburg, Lewisburg, and Moundsville. Healthnet's headquarters is located in Charleston, West Virginia. Belt was introduced to the fli  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Jan. 11 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has suspended the mining permit for Bluestone Coal Corporation's Poca surface mine in Wyoming County. The nearly 600-acre mountaintop removal coal mine is operated by the family of West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice. The move falls short of a December directive from the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement calli  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Jan. 11 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: The Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute (HVI) is partnering with the WVU School of Nursing to offer an innovative, two-credit elective course, "Advanced Life-Saving Technologies in the Critical Care Environment," to senior nursing students across the WVU, Keyser, Beckley, and Bridgeport campuses. This innovative   more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Marshall University issued the following news release: Dr. Thomas Pile, a clinical assistant professor at the Marshall University School of Pharmacy, has been chosen as one of five participants for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation's 2024-2025 Faculty Scholars Program. The 18-month research mentorship program connects faculty members with seasoned research experts, transforming research ideas into published manuscrip  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Jan. 11 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: Marshall University's Department of English will present the A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29, featuring readings by faculty authors Dr. Joel Peckham, Cat Pleska and Dr. Sara Henning. The event will take place in the Memorial Student Center's Shawkey Dining Room and is free and open to all. Peckham has published 11 collections of poetry and nonfiction, most recently Any Moonwa  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Jan. 10 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: The WVU School of Nursing and the Monongalia County Health Department are collaborating to offer scholarships for six West Virginia nurses working in health departments across the state, covering the full cost of the Faith Community Nursing training program. The funding for these scholarships was provided by NACCHO (National Association of County and City Hea  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Jan. 10 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: * * * ADF attorneys represent high-school female athlete, Christian educators in successful legal challenge against Dept. of Ed. rule change * * * COVINGTON, Ky. - A federal district court in Kentucky issued a decision Thursday in State of Tennessee v. Cardona that blocks the Biden administration's unlawful attempt to change the meaning of "sex" in Title IX--a federal law designed to create equa  more