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U.S. News & World Report: Best hospitals in Oregon
Statesman Journal - Oregon
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U.S. News and World Report released its ranking of the best regional hospitals in the U.S., and several from Oregon made the list. The best regional hospitals ranking has been conducted annually since 2011. Regional hospitals are general...
Prepare for the P.E. exam with SME’s five-day review course in September – Mining Engineering Online
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 22, 2025
The Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam will take place on Oct. 8, 2025. The computer-based exam tests for a minimum level of competency in a particular engineering discipline including mining and mineral processing. The single-day...
Study: The states where being a homeowner has paid off the most (and the least)
Yahoo Finance
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Nearly every corner of the country has experienced a surge in home equity since 2020, but homeowners in certain states have experienced more gains than others. West Virginia registered the largest percentage increase in average home equity, rising...
WVU to use cameras to patrol parking lots
The Daily Athenaeum - West Virginia
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August 13, 2025
The WVU Parking Management team will now utilize cameras to implement license plate recognition (LPR) technology to patrol parking lots, according to a WVU Enews release. All license plates of parked vehicles must remain visible at all times in...
Capito and Hickenlooper reintroduce bipartisan bill on independent evaluation of artificial intelligence
Charleston Leader - West Virginia
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August 12, 2025
Senator Shelley Moore Capito, U.S. Senator for West Virginia | Official U.S. Senate headshotSenator Shelley Moore Capito, U.S. Senator for West Virginia | Official U.S. Senate headshot U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and John Hickenlooper have...
Many Colleges Will Close Without Immigrants And International Students
Forbes
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People walk on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on June 29, 2023, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Many U.S. colleges and universities will close without immigrants, international students and the children of immigrants....
Study ranks U.S. states by screen time, subscription use, and digital burnout
Digital Journal
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August 14, 2025
Checking a smartphone. — Image by © Tim Sandle According to a recent Pew Research survey, nearly 40% of U.S. adults say they try to limit their screen time, but most struggle to follow through. The company Sparrow has recently ranked the U.S....
NBA’s Michael Porter Jr warns sports betting hazards will only ‘get worse’
iGB
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August 13, 2025
The Brooklyn Nets swingman speaks out for first time about the risks of gambling-related fixes like those his brother admitted involvement in. After his brother’s arrest last year for participating in a gambling conspiracy tied to game...
After hundreds of native bees are found in Kentucky, researchers say there’s still a lot to learn
Hoptown Chronicle - Kentucky
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July 20, 2025
The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves is on a quest to catalog and understand the native bee population in the state. So far, through archival searches and extensive field surveys, they have identified hundreds of bee species native to the state...
Author of ‘Three Yellow Balloons from Ukraine’ hoping for miracle
Chestnut Hill Local - Pennsylvania
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August 13, 2025
When John Thomas, of Oreland, was a child growing up in Charlestown, West Virginia, his elementary school teacher prepared an interesting exercise for the children. Students put messages with a self-addressed, stamped postcard into balloons, the...
Public policy research has its limitations
Shelby Star - North Carolina
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Research suggests that public subsidies for sports stadiums rarely offer sufficient economic benefits to justify their costs. Despite evidence that graduate degrees don't necessarily improve teacher performance, some policymakers continue to...
Former Boston science teacher indicted on federal child exploitation charges
WDHD 7 - Massachusetts
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July 19, 2025
BOSTON (WHDH) - A former science teacher at Josiah Quincy Upper School in Boston has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly coercing or enticing at least one underage female to engage in sexual conversations online and requesting she...
Ep. 1: Kip Folks - Trading the Boardroom for the Call of the Wild
The MeatEater - Montana
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August 14, 2025
00:00:00 Speaker 1: So like I co founded under Armour, people could say that was a big success. I've been involved with some other things that you could say with success. I have never felt successful ever once until about two weeks ago, sitting in...
Climate change projected to make hail larger, more costly as government slashes research funding
NBC News
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July 18, 2025
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New Study Reveals Elevated PTSD and Depression Rates in East Palestine, Ohio Communities Following Train Disaster
Bioengineer.org
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August 11, 2025
In the wake of the catastrophic East Palestine, Ohio train derailment in early 2023, a groundbreaking study conducted by a consortium of psychologists and public health experts has revealed profound and persistent mental health consequences for...
New STEM camp helps create engineering minded workforce
Times West Virginian
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MORGANTOWN — Claire Drainer was already dominating at rockets as captain of her East Fairmont High rocketry team, so she tried balloons next. Drainer was one of 17 girls at a new week long summer camp called SpaceTrek, held at the West Virginia...
Mapped: U.S. States by Average Income
Visual Capitalist
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August 14, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Mapped: States With the Highest Income in 2024 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven...
WVU Statler College of Engineering hosts SpaceTrek Engineering Camp for young women
WAJR - West Virginia
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July 17, 2025
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Statler College of Engineering celebrated the last days of a weeklong STEM camp for West Virginia high school female students with the use of real-world technology. The SpaceTrek Engineering Camp...
‘Ice Cubes in a Volcano’: Scientists Baffled by Mysterious Clouds in Center of the Milky Way
Gizmodo
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July 19, 2025
In the center of our galaxy, gigantic, balloon-like structures of high-energy radiation extend thousands of light-years above and below the Milky Way’s plane. Known as the Fermi bubbles, the massive lobes may have been the result of a violent...
WVWC grad a state award finalist
The Inter-Mountain - West Virginia
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August 13, 2025
Submitted photo West Virginia Wesleyan College alum Renee Powell has been named a finalist for West Virginia Teacher of the Year. BUCKHANNON — Harrison County educator and West Virginia Wesleyan College alum Renee Powell ’10, M.Ed. ’10, has been...