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Did you have heroes as a child? Our rector in her homily Sunday morning at church spoke of her hero and how it changed through the years.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s public school system got a new Board of Education president last month and a new state schools superintendent last week.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s public school system got a new Board of Education president last month and a new state schools superintendent last week.

Some conservatives think anyone who doesnt agree with them should move to another state,...

SPRs Doug Nadvornick reports. There are signs that Covid pandemic life is moving closer to what used to be normal. Dan Barth from Frontier Behavioral Health in Spokane says that became clear to him last weekend at a cafe in Spokane Valley. “There was a group of women, there was five of them sitting on a couch. They were all obviously vaccinated. They didn’t have to wear masks. They were sitting there socializing and they were talking about what they’d been through over the last year and t...

CHARLESTON — A federal lawsuit against top education officials alleging they tried to get a lobbyist fired has been settled and the lawsuit dismissed. Jason Webb, a longtime lobbyist, alleged in the lawsuit that former State Superintendent Steven Paine called officials for ACT Inc., one of Webbs clients, several times in 2018 and 2019 and threatened to stop doing business with ACT if it did not fire Webb. “It is our understanding that the recommendation to settle was made for reasons of eco...

For The Intelligencer CHARLESTON — A lawsuit brought by a lobbyist against a former state schools superintendent and a current Department of Education official was dismissed Wednesday after a settlement between the parties was reached. According to a document filed Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, lobbyist Jason Webb, former state superintendent of schools Steve Paine, and Assistant State Superintendent of Schools Jan Barth agreed to a dismiss...

File photo PAINE — Former State Superintendent of Schools Steve Paine. CHARLESTON — A lawsuit brought by a lobbyist against a former state schools superintendent and a current Department of Education official was dismissed Wednesday after a settlement between the parties was reached. According to a document filed Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, lobbyist Jason Webb, former state superintendent of schools Steve Paine, and Assistant State Supe...

For The Inter-Mountain Photo Provided Steve Paine, former state superintendent of schools, greets Gov. Jim Justice at the 2018 State of the State speech CHARLESTON — A federal judge ruled in part that a former state superintendent of schools and Department of Education officials retaliated against a lobbyist for his critical social media posts. U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver granted a motion Monday for summary judgment by lobbyist Jason Webb for two elements of count one that accused for...

sadams@newsandsentinel.com Steve Paine, former state superintendent of schools, greets Gov. Jim Justice at the 2018 State of the State speech. (Photo Provided) CHARLESTON — A federal judge ruled in part that a former state superintendent of schools and Department of Education officials retaliated against a lobbyist for his critical social media posts. U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver granted a motion Monday for summary judgment by lobbyist Jason Webb for two elements of count one that accu...