West Virginia
Miller Hall, Former West Virginia Board of Education President, Is Leaving Board
MILLER HALL
CHARLESTON — Miller Corridor, the previous president of the West Virginia Board of Schooling, has resigned as a member of the board, making him the fourth senior training official to step down or switch this month.
“All through my 47-year profession in training, my focus was at all times on kids and doing what was greatest for them, and from this, I by no means wavered,” Corridor wrote in a resignation letter dated Monday. “Nevertheless, I’ve made the choice to step down from my place as a member of the State Board of Schooling.”
Gov. Jim Justice introduced Corridor’s resignation Monday throughout a digital briefing with reporters from Charleston. In his resignation letter, Corridor mentioned he and his spouse Joyce are transferring to Pennsylvania to be nearer to their grandchildren.
“(Corridor) did an unimaginable job, that’s all there may be to it,” Justice mentioned. “We want him the very, perfect. Miller Corridor will at all times be an important West Virginian and every part. At his age now, he needs to be nearer to his grandkids. I don’t know the way it will get any higher than that.”
Justice appointed Corridor to the state Board of Schooling in 2017 to fill an unexpired time period. He was appointed for a full time period in 2019. Corridor’s time period expired on Nov. 4, 2028. Corridor was elected as president of the state board on July 8, 2020, and served till board member Paul Hardesty was elected president on July 13.
Corridor is the most recent in a line of high-profile Board of Schooling and Division of Schooling officers to exit because the starting of August.
The state board voted Aug. 10 to switch Clayton Burch, the earlier state superintendent of faculties, to the West Virginia Colleges for the Deaf and the Blind in Hampshire County as its new superintendent. Burch was changed as state superintendent that very same day by former Faculty Constructing Authority govt director David Roach. Burch had served as state superintendent since June 2020.
Each Corridor and Burch had been named as defendants in a lawsuit filed in January by Putnam County father or mother Travis Beaver, Upshur County father or mother Karen Kalar and Raleigh County trainer Wendy Peters together with state Treasurer Riley Moore, Senate President Craig Blair, Home Speaker Roger Hanshaw and Justice. In June, Corridor and Burch filed a response to the lawsuit in assist of the mother and father, breaking with the governor, Legislature and state treasurer.
Additionally leaving the Division of Schooling is Assistant Superintendent of Colleges Jan Barth and Heather Hutchins, who served as common counsel for each the division and the state faculty board. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported final week that Hutchins was changed as common counsel for the board with Stephanie Abraham, a former lawyer for the Logan County Board of Schooling and spouse of Brian Abraham, chief of employees to Justice.
Corridor is a Beckley native and a former trainer and principal at Woodrow Wilson Excessive Faculty. He served as an assistant superintendent for the Raleigh County faculty system. He additionally served as a basketball and soccer coach for center and highschool sports activities in Raleigh County.
“An individual who actually loves kids and loves kids I’d say past good sense,” Justice mentioned of Corridor. “He devoted his life to training. What a job he has achieved. We’ll miss him.”
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BRUCETON MILLS, WV (WVNS) — Progress continues to be made on the first stargazing cabins in the Mountain State.
The stargazing cabins will be located at Coopers Rock State Forest and are estimated to open in fall 2024. Reservations for the cabins will begin to be accepted on August 1, 2024. Governor Justice visited Coopers Rock State Forest on Monday, June 24, 2024 to check on the progress on the cabins.
This is another exciting day for West Virginia with the addition of these incredible cabins. Coopers Rock State Forest is a gem within our state park system, and as we continue to draw visitors from around the world, it’s important that we maintain and enhance its amazing condition and reputation. This stunning park is among our most frequently visited, and the projects we’re working on here will further put this forest on the map.
Governor Jim Justice
The stargazing cabins are part of more than $200 million in improvements made to the West Virginia parks system under the leadership of Governor Justice.
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Photo Courtesy: Governor Justice -
Photo Courtesy: Governor Justice
There will be five A-frame stargazing cabins that will be found by the main ridge between Raven Rock and the main overlook, and there are plans to add seven more cabins in spring 2025.
The cabins will be set up to give guests a chance for unique stargazing opportunities using the telescopes in the cabins to look at some of the darkest skies on the East Coast.
It’s amazing to see these improvements coming to fruition at Coopers Rock State Forest. Gov. Justice has brought the West Virginia State Parks system to much higher levels with his vision and guidance. I’m looking forward to all of the new and returning visitors who will come to stay in the newly constructed cabins and at the campground once they’re ready.
Brett McMillion | Division of Natural Resources Director
Investments were made at 36 parks, nine forests and three rail trails throughout the Mountain State. Cacapon Resort State Park’s new lodge, creating two new state parks, new recreational facilities, hundreds of new campsites built or upgraded, systemwide infrastructure upgrades, and renovations at every lodge and cabin in the system will be included in the projects.
Since the investments were made, revenue grew significantly and visitation increased, which will allow for reinvestment in public lands in West Virginia.
We continue to see folks interested in unique lodging, and I’m thrilled to see our state’s first stargazing cabins nearing completion. The more than $200 million in improvements at our state parks system are paying dividends. A visit to any of our parks will show the incredible quality of our facilities and the popularity of our public lands. Our state parks system is a true gem, and we are forever grateful to the Governor for his continued commitment to ensuring our facilities the very best.
Chelsea Ruby | West Virginia Tourism Secretary of Tourism
More than $15 million in investments were made at Coopers Rock State Forest. Some of the improvements include the stargazing cabins, major water and wastewater treatment improvements, a new laundry and firewood facility, and a modern 25-site RV campground.
The contracts in the investments were awarded to companies and firms in West Virginia. The first five stargazing cabins and new campground to Wolfes Excavating in Clarksburg, the next seven cabins will be built by Zetti Contracting LLC in Morgantown, ZMM did the architectural work, and CEC completed the engineering.
LINCOLN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – West Virginia State Police have released images of tattoos on a woman’s body found earlier this week in Lincoln County — all in hope of someone being able to identify her.
On Monday, troopers found the woman’s body in a wooded area off of Taunton Drive in the Harts community of Lincoln County.
WVSP say the woman died from a single gunshot wound.
The tattoos were on the woman’s left and right calves. If you recognize the tattoos and might know who they belong to, you’re asked to contact state police or your local 911 agency.
Death investigation underway after body found in wooded area
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Photo from Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Polk County, TX – Two men have been charged in connection to the shooting death of a West Virginia woman.
46-year-old Christopher Crum and 65-year-old Robin Crum of Livingston, Texas, were both charged with murder on Friday for the June 15th murder of 38-year-old Jillian Rasnick.
Rasnick was found dead of a gunshot wound in Polk County, Texas, according to a Polk County Sheriff’s office release.
Officers believe there was a verbal altercation between the Crums and Rasnick which led to the shooting.
The investigation is still ongoing.
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