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Fred Albert In The Adventures of a Narrative Gardener ($39.95, GILES), planner and preservationist Ronald Lee Fleming pens a love letter to his garden at Bellevue House, the Newport “cottage” he occupies on the avenue of the same name. Tracing the history of the lavish 3-acre estate and the philosophy and historical antecedents that guided the restoration of its garden, Fleming leads readers on a richly illustrated journey (including a detour through his tour of duty in Vietnam) that might inspire readers to think about the narrative their own gardens can convey.

Staff writer CHARLESTON — An attempt by West Virginia’s two teachers’ unions to block the current school re-entry plans for public schools was blocked by a judge Tuesday. Kanawha County Circuit Judge Carrie Webster ruled Tuesday against a request for a temporary restraining order against the West Virginia Board of Education brought by the West Virginia Education Association and the West Virginia chapter of the American Federation of Teachers. The two separate suits were rolled into one, but both unions requested a restraining order and injunction. Webster ruled against the restraining ...

Wikimedia Commons A West Virginia judge has denied attempts to halt or slow a return to in-person learning for pre-K through 12th grade classrooms across the state. Kanawha County Judge Carrie Webster denied a temporary restraining order filed by the state’s two largest teacher unions. The unions wanted the court to reverse a recent ruling made by the West Virginia Board of Education that no longer allows fully remote learning in pre-K through 8th grade. That ruling by the state board also requires high schools to return to in-person instruction unless a county is red on the state’s COVID...

CHARLETON – The state's two largest teacher’s unions have filed complaints seeking to have the state Board of Education and others refrain from requiring in-person schooling until all school personnel receive a complete vaccination against COVID-19 and to allow county school boards to determine how and when in-person instruction and activity will resume. The West Virginia Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO, President Fred Albert and members Jerry Throckmorton, Greg Garber and Amy Haden filed their complaint January 20 in Kanawha Circuit Court against the West Virginia Department of Education,...

(Photo Illustration) PARKERSBURG — A statewide teachers union is planning to file an injunction regarding the return of students to in-person schooling next week, while the Wood County Board of Education has announced its plans for handling the transition. The American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia announced Thursday that it plans to file an injunctive action against the West Virginia Board of Education, the West Virginia Department of Education, and several county boards of education in order to protect the health and safety of school employees. The announcement came a day after t...