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AND THEN AGAIN….by Tamara

……….Both Hancock County Sheriff Scott Gittings and Weirton Chief of Police Charles Kush are opposed to the cuts in Police Resource Officers (PR0) being implemented by Superintendent Walter Saunders. While Saunders characterized to me that he had spoken to both…

WEIR High Recipient of Press Freedom Award

Weirton, W.VA. – Weir High School and its Weir Student Media program have been recognized for the third year in a row as recipients of the First Amendment Press Freedom Award. Announced on February 26, Student Press Freedom Day of Scholastic Journalism…

WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Advances Non-invasive Method to Enhance Chemotherapy Delivery for High-grade Gliomas

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) is advancing the treatment of high-grade gliomas, one of the most aggressive and challenging forms of brain cancer. A multicenter clinical trial, now published in The Lancet Oncology, demonstrates that microbubble-enhanced transcranial focused ultrasound (MB-FUS) can safely…