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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.
Feds: Justice coal companies have no defense against move to hold them in contempt
Federal attorneys asking a court to hold 23 of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family-owned coal companies in contempt for nonpayment of health and safety fines entered a filing this week saying the companies shouldn’t have entered into a payment plan if they knew they couldn’t honor it. The filing, entered Tuesday in the U.S. […]
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...
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...
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.
West Virginia has one of the country's worst voter turnout records. Will this election be different?
Over the last three decades, West Virginia’s voter participation has been well below the national average. In 2020, the coal-rich state had the second-lowest citizen voting rate in the country, after Arkansas, according to the U.S. Census. Several researchers studying community engagement in West Virginia said its narrow job...
‘It’s always going to be there’: The Greenbrier’s potential sale causes concern for its neighbors
LEWISBURG, W.Va. — At Lewisburg’s Carnegie Hall, president and CEO Cathy Rennard watched with some anxiety earlier this month as news unfolded that The Greenbrier Hotel was facing foreclosure due to unpaid debts by its owners, Gov. Jim Justice and his family. The hotel, a crucial part of...
Williams and Morrisey share different visions for West Virginia’s future at Chamber Business Summit
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – The West Virginia Chamber kicked off its annual three day “Business Summit” Wednesday, at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs. And in what has become tradition for the event, select political candidates were invited to address attendees. While current Governor Jim...
Soccer Game Recap: Grafton Gets the Win
Grafton entered their tilt with Braxton County on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Braxton County Eagles onto the board and left with an 8-0 win. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Bearcats also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2023.
‘Learn and get better’: South bested by Wheeling Park, 35-14
PARKERSBURG – Without mincing words, Parkersburg South’s opening act bombed as part of its season-opener. The rest of the performance had its moments, but the tone was established on the first few plays of the game in a 35-14 loss to Wheeling Park on Friday night at Erickson All-Sports Facility.
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