WELCH, W.Va.– Over 180 fourth grade students in McDowell County will be learning about good water awareness practices to promote the stewardship of water sources in West Virginia. Students from ...

charleston, w.va. – Over 180 fourth-grade students from Bradshaw, Iaeger, Fall River, Welch and Kimball elementary schools and Southside K-8 School will participate in the McDowell County Water ...

Something exciting is happening in McDowell County, West Virginia. There, in what used to be coal country, the American Federation of Teachers is leading a project called Reconnecting McDowell. It’s a ...

welch – The new Renaissance Village in McDowell County is ready for teachers. “The apartments are finished and ready for occupancy,” Janet Bass, a spokesperson for Reconnecting McDowell, said of the ...

WELCH, W.Va. — A celebration ceremony, put off for almost two years because of COVID-19, happened in McDowell County Friday as Reconnecting McDowell celebrated the opening of Renaissance Village in ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bid to rescue an impoverished West Virginia county and its troubled schools has seen its ranks double as it lays the groundwork for the five-year effort, lawmakers learned ...

As a member of West Virginia’s state board of education, Gayle Manchin was appalled in 2008 to learn that the state had been in control of the McDowell County schools for nearly a decade, with little ...