MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Set for completion just in time for the start of the fall 2014 semester, the University Place student apartment construction site has quickly taken shape and now towers over the Sunnyside neighborhood near the West Virginia University Downtown Campus. The 950-bed complex will offer two-, three- and[Read More…]
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Monongah lemonade stand to help animals
MONONGAH, W.Va. — Monongah Elementary School students are helping their community this week by serving lemonade. Lee Anne Burton’s second-grade class, with the help of student teacher Taylor Myers, organized a lemonade and snack stand Tuesday, today and Thursday to raise money that will be donated to Pet Helpers. They[Read More…]
Proposed school calendar lives up to spirit of law
An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — West Virginia state law requires that students be in a classroom for 180 days. Why 180 days? It’s probably a carryover from the 19th and 20th centuries when agriculture was a prominent industry and family members, young and old, were[Read More…]
Theatre West Virginia to auction props, costumes
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Many Theatre West Virginia items will be auctioned off Saturday at 10 a.m. at the former Mabscott office, located at 102 Spruce St. Manager Scott Hill said the items need to be sold because the company is moving from a large building to a much smaller office.[Read More…]
Ex-Daily Mail Sports Editor Dick Hudson dies at 100
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Dick Hudson, who wrote about sports for the Charleston Daily Mail for 36 years, died last Friday at 100 years old. Hudson passed away at home in Shady Springs, Ga., surrounded by family. Hudson’s Mountain State friends and former colleagues recalled him as a “gentlemen” and “sweetheart”[Read More…]
Luck outlines $106 million in WVU athletics projects
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU athletic director Oliver Luck said that while Mountaineer Field and the Coliseum have “aged gracefully,” they’re in need of upgrades. Luck discussed the athletic department’s plans to use $106 million for facility improvements during a Tuesday, April 8, press conference outside his Coliseum office. He said[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, April 9
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1-SHIP RELOCATES UNDERWATER SIGNALS FOR MH370 Search crews are[Read More…]
New Book tells story of hope and Christ’s second coming
RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — A new book about a West Virginia tragedy shows how a nightmare became hope as a young man accused of murdering his father finds hope in the spirit of Jesus Christ. “With a trial for the murder of his father still looming in the distance … Scott Harrison[Read More…]
PSC orders water utility to continue public projects
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Officials for the state Public Service Commission on Monday ordered West Virginia American Water to continue public water projects, after the utility had said it wasn’t legally required to participate in the projects. Water company officials slashed funding for public-private water partnerships all over the state in[Read More…]
W.Va. officials explore two-lane option for King Coal
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A usable section of the King Coal Highway in Mercer County could be constructed at half of the project’s original estimated cost, officials said Monday. However, that would involve building — at least initially — only a two-lane corridor from the existing Christine West Bridge at Stoney[Read More…]
