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4-Star Kelvin Odih on Campus for West Virginia Visit
2025 four-star guard Kelvin Odih has arrived on campus for his West Virginia visit this weekend. Odih posted on his Instagram story from inside the practice facility. Odih tells WV Sports Now that he will visit three schools after his trip to WVU. Odih is considering West Virginia in his...
Local officials respond to DOH on EMS traffic warning system, say initial response may have been meant for internal discussion
BROOKE COUNTY, W.Va. (WTRF) — The Division of Highways has issued a reversal on the issue of a traffic warning system for the new EMS facility. A statement from the DOH says it is now open to finding the best solution for signs along Route 2, where ambulances will enter off of Pleasant Avenue. It […]
Check info, register if you did not receive Thursday’s WVU Alert system test
The University tested the WVU Alert system for the Morgantown, Keyser and Beckley campuses at 1 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 29). Faculty, staff, students and other members of the University community who did not receive text message or email during the test are asked to visit alert.wvu.edu to add or update contact information.
WVU Punter Oliver Straw Dedicating His Season to Teen Fighting Cancer
WVU punter Oliver Straw has some extra motivation to be at his best this season. Straw is dedicating every punt he lands inside the opponent’s 20-yard line to help a West Virginia teenager fight cancer. Straw announced the news while posting video of him telling Landen Jaggie, a teenager...
WATCH: Mountaineer Gameday Kickoff Special
We are less than a day away from kickoff! Gold and Blue Nation has you covered as WVU opens up the season against the eighth-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions. The Mountaineers enter the 2024 season with most of its returning production, yet sits on the outside of many college football preseason polls. With a win […]
WVU Football makes the top group for New York’s No. 1 ranked prospect
Messiah Hampton, a 6-foot, 170 pound wide receiver from Rochester (NY) James Monroe, announced his top 10 schools on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday afternoon, and the Mountaineers made the cut. Rounding out his list are Ohio State, Penn State, Pitt, Syracuse, Rutgers, Michigan, Boston College, Wisconsin and Toledo. Hampton...
Volleyball cruises to first win under Greeny
WVU Volleyball began its season against Navy in the first match of play in the Wake Forest Invitational at Reynolds Gymnasium Friday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In the first set, WVU jumped out to an early 12-9 lead, featuring two service aces by sophomore setter Alexis Finnvold. The...
RVK’s Brandon Phoenix previews WVU football’s home opener
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The West Virginia Mountaineers open their season on the football field on Saturday against the #8 ranked Penn State Nittany Lions. WVU comes into the game with revenge on their mind after losing last year’s season opener to Penn State 38-15 in Happy Valley. WVU...
Alexis Bordas: ‘Recruiting Process Was a Great Experience’
Terrific student. Great player. A born leader. On her way to being named for the second time the Gatorade Player of the Year in West Virginia, Alexis Bordas netted 99 three-pointers, averaged 24 points and about six rebounds per game while leading he Lady Patriots of Wheeling Park to a Class AAAA state title. Bordas has scored more than 1,700 points through her junior year and she committed to Division I Duquesne University in Pittsburgh just a couple of weeks ago.
Pat McAfee Facilitates Pat White Finally Asking Nick Saban About His Recruitment
In the midst of a full WVU centered Pat McAfee Show focused on honoring WVU’s past and offering hope for the future, Nick Saban appeared and had a very interesting conversation with a Mountaineer legend. Pat White, who was part of most of the show, asked the Saban one...
City of Bridgeport plans to increase water rates
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - The City of Bridgeport is planning to increase water rates by about 22 percent soon. In a letter sent to residents Thursday, officials said the increased rates would allow the city to meet increase in operation and maintenance expenses. Rates would rise for residential customers by...
An Imposing Demonstration of Strength: Wheeling's 1907 Labor Day Celebration
On Monday, September 2, 1907, even as a one-day-old Walter Phillip Reuther, future president of the United Auto Workers and arguably the most influential human ever born in his small Ohio River city, Wheeling prepared to begin its twenty-second Labor Day celebration with an enormous parade, despite the threat of soaking rain.
WVU quarterback Garrett Greene’s career trajectory leaves a plethora of possibilities for 2024
Rapidly gaining recognition nationwide and seen by some as a Heisman Trophy contender is WVU senior quarterback Garrett Greene. Greene made a name for himself last season, leading West Virginia with an impressive ability to bail out himself and the offensive line from pressure with his rushing capabilities. In the offseason, Greene earned praise as a passer in his second stint at the Manning Passing Academy and earned an 87 overall rating, good enough for 19th best among quarterbacks, on EA Sports’ College Football 25 video game.
WVU Heart and Vascular Institute adds new surgeons, announces new leadership
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute are adding four new surgeons to their cardiac and thoracic surgery teams. Goya Raikar, M.D., has joined the Division of Cardiac Surgery at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. Trained at...
Countdown No. 1: It's prediction time
Mountaineer Field is going to be jampacked - not just the fans, but with recruits and personalities roaming the sidelines. It will likely be the highest number of people inside that stadium since the changes that limited the capacity to 60,000. Garrett Greene comes out hot, hitting a couple deep passes for scores, but the WVU defense can't do enough to slow down Penn State's run game. Things go into the fourth quarter with West Virginia up, 21-17. Drew Allar is finally able to make a big play for the Nittany Lions offense and Penn State takes the lead back, 24-21. WVU ties it on a long field goal, but Penn State is able to eat up the final five minutes of the game clock, and they kick a short field goal in the rain as time expires, winning, 27-24.
Two dead in Boone County house fire, neighbors rush to help
Bloomingrose, W.Va (WCHS) — Two people died in a house fire Saturday morning in Boone County in the Bloomingrose area. Reports of the fire came in around 10:30 A.M. Firefighters were able to extinguish it, but unable to save those inside. Neighbors said when they heard about it, they...
Family left without home and pets after house fire
KANAWAHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A family lost their home and pets Saturday after a heavy fire in South Charleston. South Charleston Fire Chief Virgil White said everyone made it out and there are no injuries. The pets in the home did not make it out. The fire happened just...
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