SPEARFISH, South Dakota, Feb. 27 -- Black Hills State University issued the following news: Climbing and caving pioneers, Herb and Jan Conn, have left Black Hills State University $351,000 to establish the Sara N. Dipity II Scholarship. The scholarship is for students majoring in music. Herb and Jan were cave explorers. In the 1960s and 1970s, they discovered and mapped over 60 miles of Jewel Cave in the Black Hills, making it the third longest cave system in the world. They are also credited more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: State regulators have approved an 8 percent increase in water and sewer rates for the average customers of the West Virginia-American Water Co. The new rates were effective Saturday. Under its 58-page ruling, the Public Service Commission of West Virginia said the average water bill should increase by $5.69 a month, and sewer bills should increase by $5.59 a  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 27 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore today confirmed he has sent notices to six financial institutions warning them of potential inclusion on the state's Restricted Financial Institution List after his Office made an initial determination that the institutions appear to be engaged in boycotts of fossil fuel companies as defined under state law. The Treasurer  more PR

NEW WILMINGTON, Pennsylvania, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- Westminster College issued the following news: Dr. Matteo Luisi, assistant professor of physics and director of the Westminster College Planetarium, recently co-authored two astronomy-focused research publications. Published by The Astrophysical Journal, Luisi and his co-authors wrote "The GBT Diffuse Ionized Gas Survey (GDIGS): Discrete Sources." Their research mapped part of the Milky Way using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). Located in West more PR

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: The West Virginia University School of Nursing has been ranked the No. 1 online RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program in West Virginia by RNtoMSN.org, a leading nursing education website. The RN to BSN program, one of many degree options through WVU Online, offers a 100% asynchronous online BSN education to licensed registered nurses who are grad more PR