Esteban Fernandez

1 week ago | timeswv.com | Esteban Fernandez

FAIRMONT — While students at Fairmont Catholic School entered recess, halfway around the world, white smoke blew out of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. The Conclave of Cardinals selected the first American Pope in the Church’s 2000 year history on Thursday. The reveal seized Fairmont Catholic’s attention, as students watched Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, deliver his first words to the world’s Catholics. kAm“xE >2<6D >6 766= =:<6 H6’C6 DE2CE:?8 E@ 36 2 3:E >@C6 :?4=F565 — p>6C:42?D — :?

1 week ago | timeswv.com | Esteban Fernandez

FAIRMONT — If the state’s gamble on creating a high tech economy pays off, Marion County students stand to benefit. The West Virginia Public Education Collaborative gave a presentation to the county’s 9th and 10th grade students on Wednesday about the career opportunities afforded by broadband, cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. School Superintendent Donna Heston said it was the first such broadband summit held in the state and Marion County students were first in line. kAm“(96?

1 week ago | timeswv.com | Esteban Fernandez

CLARKSBURG — Various veterans benefits counselors sewed their nets together to help veterans file health care claims on Wednesday in Clarksburg. The Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center partnered with the Veterans Benefits Administration and Disabled American Veterans to host a claims clinic at the Nathan Goff Armory. The event also connected veterans to various other services, such as enrollment and eligibility, vocation rehabilitation, suicide prevention and women’s services.

1 week ago | register-herald.com | Esteban Fernandez

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1 week ago | yahoo.com | Esteban Fernandez

FAIRMONT — Rivesville residents stepped up after Mayor Tracy Runyan made an urgent call for candidates for the town’s upcoming election. Runyan took to Facebook on April 2 to warn residents if the town couldn’t fill its mayoral seat, as well as two town council seats and the job of recorder, the town was at risk of losing its incorporation. “This would be the equivalent to being classified as farmland,” Runyan wrote in the post. “Rivesville would essentially be a lawless land.