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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Final graduation held at Liberty High School ahead of school merger
CLARKSBURG, – In 2024, the West Virginia Board of Education approved the closure and consolidation of several schools within the state. On Thursday evening, Liberty High School held its final graduation ceremony before it undergoes a merger with Robert C. Byrd High School. The last class of seniors walked across the stage to receive their diplomas, marking the end of an era for the school, which has served the community for decades. Effective for the 2025–2026 academic year, Liberty students will be in a new school. Randolph County superintendent says new policy that conflicts with WV Code is 'inaccurate' 'The achievements is phenomenal because I got to be final senior class president here. I am also the vice president of National Honor Society, and I pretty well helped coordinate most of the events here,' 2025 senior class president of Liberty High School Wayne Shuman said. 'Last night, we did senior sunset. It wasn't the best weather, there wasn't actually power up on the field, but we had about 45 kids come out. We had pizza. We all had fun.' In addition to the closure of Liberty, Mountaineer Middle School and Washington Irving Middle School will undergo restructuring, with both schools integrating and relocating to the former Liberty High School campus. 'It's a feeling that we get to be part of the closure, and we get to help transition other kids to wherever they are going—Lincoln, Byrd, Bridgeport, Doddridge—and to just be a good role model for everybody here,' Shuman said. During consolidation meetings over the course of the year, the board of education has stated that the goal is to enhance educational opportunities, improve facility utilization and ensure long-term sustainability for the school system. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Where Salem EMS stands nearly one year after almost being permanently shut down
SALEM, (WBOY) — Nearly a year after Salem City Council voted to close Salem EMS, 12 News checked in with city and EMS officials on how they're still serving the community and where the department's finances stand. In June 2024, 12 News spoke with Wesley Shuman mere hours after he received the news that he no longer had a job he loved. Now, nearly a year later, Shuman stands as the new director of Salem EMS, bubbling with ideas. 'It was a bit of a surprise to myself, I didn't plan on applying, but you know, seeing the opportunity arise and I've always had lots of great ideas if I ever became a director of anywhere, so I figured it'd be a perfect place to try,' Shuman said. Since it reopened in late July 2024, the department has had interim directors who have helped the department get back on its feet. 'They've left me with a good standing, concrete plate, to start from now,' Shuman said. 'Unforgiving cuts in Washington' could force Clarksburg History Museum to close One of the reasons for the June 2024 shutdown was a number of communication breakdowns between the former city manager and the city council. Now, Salem Mayor Brandie Garner said communication between departments has improved. 'There's a lot more communication with the council, so we're able to make better decisions because we have all of the facts, whereas before we were kind of excluded from those sort of things,' Garner said. Currently, Salem EMS is working limited hours and only providing Basic Life Support (BLS) while the Doddridge County Ambulance Authority and Harrison County EMS handle primary response during Salem's off-hours. Salem EMS typically covers around 2,500 households and a nursing home in Salem. 'Keeping overtime under control, cutting back our hours, just kind of making things a little bit smaller for a short amount of time and then growing. I think that was probably one of the problems is that it grew too fast, and it needs to be self-sustaining,' Garner said. 'I have moved some jobs around, I have had to let a couple of employees go, we're hiring a few more, we're changing things around both on what's best for the city and the citizens that we represent,' Salem City Manager Shawn Dahlheimer said. 'I've surrounded myself with people that have 39 years and 41 years, sit down and get advice from them. And then as my title, I include them on the interviews, on decision making. Then take it to council so that I feel I've done my homework so if I don't know something, I find people that are more trained in that area and then of course I rely on their resources,' Dahlheimer said. Some ideas Shuman already has in mind to implement soon are creating a bigger connection with the community by hosting events and fundraisers for the department. He also wants to make the department stand out and become more well-known. 'New uniforms, update our documentation stuff, make it more noticeable,' Shuman said. Whenever we hand that out, like we're transferring patients, people you know are looking at this documentation like 'Oh you know, Salem EMS.'' Salem officials said thanks to these limited practices, guidance from experts in the field and new transport contracts, EMS is close to breaking even 11 months after it was financially underwater. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
MISTRAS Group Rings Bell at NYSE, Reaffirming Its Leadership in Data-Driven Asset Protection
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MISTRAS Group, Inc. (NYSE: MG), the leading 'one source' multinational provider of integrated technology-enabled asset protection solutions, will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange today, celebrating growing interest in, and adoption of, its asset protection solutions in energy, manufacturing, and aerospace and defense. MISTRAS Group leads with a data-driven approach across its portfolio of asset protection solutions, extending its expertise in maximizing the safety and operational uptime for critical industrial and civil assets across industries. With manufacturing looking to return to the U.S., a renewed commitment to energy, and the growing need for asset protection worldwide, MISTRAS is well-positioned for expansion and growth in 2025. 'At the start of the year, we took a strategic look at how to strengthen our leadership position and deliver even greater value to our customers,' said Natalia Shuman, President and Chief Executive Officer of MISTRAS Group. 'Our customers require data-driven insights, precision, and swift action — and that's exactly what MISTRAS provides through advanced testing and inspection, real-time intelligence, and deep engineering expertise. Clients come to us with three priorities: ensuring compliance, maximizing uptime, and reducing maintenance costs. We consistently deliver on all three. By embracing a technology-first mindset, fully harnessing our capabilities, and innovating where it drives meaningful impact, we're well positioned to capitalize on growth opportunities across our core industries.' MISTRAS Group works with many of the largest companies to solve complex challenges, both in the U.S. and around the world, to provide asset protection services and solutions. From ensuring safety in aerospace components to minimizing unplanned outages in energy operations and maintaining quality in high-volume manufacturing, MISTRAS delivers precision, reliability, and resilience in mission-critical environments. 'MISTRAS enables smarter, more secure operations across asset-intensive industries. When downtime and disruption can mean hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, certainty and uptime are clear priorities. That is where MISTRAS excels and where we see ongoing growth this year,' Shuman added. Today's NYSE bell ringing celebrates MISTRAS' dedication to helping the world's most vital infrastructure and industries remain reliable, resilient, and running. Discover how MISTRAS is powering data-driven reliability across industries at About MISTRAS Group, Inc. MISTRAS Group, Inc. (NYSE: MG) is a leading "one source" multinational provider of integrated technology-enabled asset protection solutions, helping to maximize the safety and operational uptime for civilization's most critical industrial and civil assets. Backed by an innovative, data-driven asset protection portfolio, proprietary technologies, strong commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives, and a decades-long legacy of industry leadership, MISTRAS leads clients in the oil and gas, aerospace and defense, renewable and nonrenewable power, civil infrastructure, and manufacturing industries towards achieving operational and environmental excellence. By supporting these organizations that help fuel our vehicles and power our society, inspecting components that are trusted for commercial, defense, and space craft; building real-time monitoring equipment to enable safe travel across bridges; and helping to propel sustainability, MISTRAS helps the world at large. MISTRAS enhances value for its clients by integrating asset protection throughout supply chains and centralizing integrity data through a suite of Industrial IoT-connected digital software and monitoring solutions. The company's core capabilities also include non-destructive testing field and in-line inspections enhanced by advanced robotics, laboratory quality control and assurance testing, sensing technologies and NDT equipment, asset and mechanical integrity engineering services, and light mechanical maintenance and access services. For more information, visit Contact:Theresa FerarenChief Marketing OfficerMISTRAS Group, (609) 716-4000Sign in to access your portfolio
