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Wake up, West Virginia: It's Game Day
Whenever or wherever you're reading this, Mountaineer Nation, I hope it finds you well. Some of you, perhaps, are scrolling down this page while enjoying your morning coffee or breakfast. Or maybe you're catching a quick glance at your phone from the Blue Lot amidst your Saturday morning tailgate. Some...
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.
‘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...
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