HUNTINGTON, W. Va — ONCE, winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and winner of the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will play the Keith Albee Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. to close out the 2015-2016 season of the Marshall Artists Series.[Read More…]
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MEDIA ADVISORY: WVU to kickoff 125 Years of Women celebration with raising of Centenary Time Capsule Tuesday
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University is celebrating the contributions, perspectives, experiences and roles of women both in and outside the classroom at WVU over the past 125 years – and inspiring its current generation of women to pave the way for the future of women’s equality and empowerment. The 125 Years of[Read More…]
Gov. Tomblin’s Column: Internship program helps prepare W.Va. students for success
By Gov. Earl Tomblin Over the past several years, we in West Virginia have worked hard to create a strong education system and new opportunities for our students while developing workforce training programs to give our people the skills they need to find good-paying jobs. To follow down the bright[Read More…]
Dolly Parton performing at Charleston Civic Center June 7
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Dolly Parton will perform at the Charleston Civic Center on Tuesday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go non sale Friday, April 8, at 10 a.m. at the Civic Center box office and through Ticketmaster.com Ticket Prices are $55, $75 and $95. “An internationally renowned superstar, the iconic and irrepressible Dolly Parton has contributed countless treasures to the[Read More…]
Obama Administration Releases Scientific Assessment on Impact of Climate Change to Human Health in the United States
Obama fact Sheet: What Climate Change Means for Your Health and Family WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, delivering on another commitment in the President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the Obama Administration released a new final report called The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, which[Read More…]
Hannah Jane Robbins featured at annual accordion concert June 11
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Back by popular demand, accordionist Hannah Jane Robbins will return to Fairmont for the 5th Annual Accordion Concert to be held on Saturday, June 11, at the Knights Of Columbus Hall, 7 p.m. Hannah’s high-energy, fun performance is sure to have you clappin’ and smilin’. Additional highlights, assembling musicians from NE, PA, DC,[Read More…]
Media Alert: Sen. Manchin to meet with Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, will meet with Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5. TUESDAY, APRIL 5 When: 4:00 p.m. What: Senator Manchin will meet with Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland. Where: 306 Hart Senate Office Building. Before the[Read More…]
U.S. Senators file amicus brief challenging Obama immigration action
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and 42 other Senate Republicans today filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of a challenge by a majority of the nation’s governors and attorneys general of the states, led by the State of Texas, to the[Read More…]
Featured Ad: Band on the Run offers 5K, walk to support high school band
Want to run for great cause? How about Capital High School Band on April 23? Register today!
Pearl S. Buck Writing Competition nears its deadline, cash prizes, scholarship
WVU plans Pearl S. Buck ‘Living Gateway’ Conference Sept. 11-13 GLENVILLE, W.Va. — The late Pearl S. Buck, a Mountain State native, Nobel Prize author and humanitarian, has been the subject of a broadly-based West Virginia University Libraries Committee’s effort to revive her life and legacy to the general public, students and[Read More…]
