WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Researchers from West Virginia University are preserving the memories of a coal community through oral history and photography. Supported by a grant from the WVU Humanities Center, the research team used historical images from the West Virginia and Regional History Center’s online photographs database, West Virginia History OnView, to document the[Read More…]
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Discount State Fair of West Virginia tickets on sale now through Aug. 6
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — State Fair of West Virginia and One Stop and Stop In Food Store officials announced this week a partnership in selling advanced discounted tickets to the 2019 State Fair of West Virginia. Tickets will be on sale from now through Aug. 6 at 60 locations in[Read More…]
West Virginia House takes issue with Supreme Court Justice Workman response in impeachment
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the now-year-old saga in the impeachment of several judges of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the House of Delegates filed a response to a justice’s brief before the nation’s highest court. Attorneys for the House[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, June 7
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, June 7, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHO REVERSED COURSE ON ABORTION POLICY Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says he no longer supports[Read More…]
Bordas & Bordas Amateur numbers up for weekend event in Wheeling, W.Va.
WHEELING, W.Va. — The number of entries is up for this weekend’s Bordas & Bordas Amateur Golf Classic and the four-flight field appears wide open for the $10,000 purse at Oglebay’s Crispin Golf Course, June 8-9. That leads to many storylines to watch in what tournament director Dan Tennant calls[Read More…]
W.Va. Senate President Carmichael’s statement on West Virginia Student Success Act
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, recently issued the following statement on the West Virginia Student Success Act: “The release of this draft of the West Virginia Student Success Act is a major effort by the Senate to advance the cause of education reform in a bipartisan[Read More…]
Combatting childhood trauma in W.Va. communities
By Sarah Sokol, Student, Reed College of Media, West Virginia University MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For five years, Mike Ryan has been working with young students at Mountainview Elementary School in Morgantown and during that time, he says his job has changed. “Kids are coming to school with so much more[Read More…]
American Legion Auxiliary Rhododendron Girls State opening at D&E
ELKINS, W.Va. – The 77thsession of the American Legion Auxiliary Rhododendron Girls State will bring 350 rising high school seniors to the Davis & Elkins College campus, June 9-14. The young women selected to participate in West Virginia’s premier leadership academy will dedicate the week to learning more about Americanism[Read More…]
Media Advisory: Davis & Elkins College hosts American Legion Auxiliary Rhododendron Girls State, June 9-14
ELKINS, W.Va. – The 77thsession of the American Legion Auxiliary Rhododendron Girls State will take place on the Davis & Elkins College campus in Elkins, June 9-14. A total of 350 rising high school seniors from throughout the Mountain State will participate. For Planning Purposes: Sunday, June 9 Opening Assembly will[Read More…]
