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The Senate Education Committee started the day off with a lively discussion of several topics, including history and hygiene.

LOGAN — For nearly an hour during the Logan County Board of Education’s regular session on Jan. 24, Interim Superintendent Jeff Huffman outlined numerous ways that the district’s non-compliance issues

Lawmakers want to put thousands of helpers in classrooms to improve reading scores. Hiring could be difficult as the state faces a teacher shortage exacerbated by low pay and PEIA

Two British citizens face criminal penalties for violating buffer zones.

CHARLESTON — A bill focusing on early education continues to wind its way through the West Virginia Senate.

State education leaders are pushing for early childhood intervention in schools to ensure literacy. Those efforts are now starting to move through the legislature.

As the legislature settles into the business of lawmaking, committees represent a crucial step in the process. The Senate Education Committee gathered in the Senate Finance Committee meeting room to discuss two bills Tuesday morning.

The West Virginia education board has lifted an emergency declaration for Lincoln County's school system. The declaration was implemented two years ago to help with issues in the system.

A community leader has expressed his shock and sadness after a teenage boy was stabbed in Haverhill, Suffolk, and is now in a critical condition. 

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Board of Education on Wednesday lifted an emergency declaration for Lincoln County's school system that was implemented two years ago amid a review of problems in finance and transportation.