MORGANTOWN — WVU will close its Morgantown campus and cancel classes beginning at 1 p.m. today and reopen at 1 p.m. Jan. 31, due to deteriorating conditions and bitterly cold weather predicted […]
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Merry Ann Nehlen, wife of former WVU football coach Don Nehlen, has died
MORGANTOWN — Merry Ann Nehlen, the former longtime first lady of West Virginia University football, died Monday night after a long illness. She was 81. Nehlen, the wife of former WVU […]
Late gunsmith’s first Mountaineer muzzleloader to be auctioned for charity
MORGANTOWN — Speechless, humbled, overwhelmed. Those are some of the words Kevin Turner used to describe the feeling he gets from his work with Holy Pursuits Dream Foundation, a non-profit […]
Library exhibit puts WVU President E. Gordon Gee’s bowties on display
MORGANTOWN — If you know of WVU President Gordon Gee, you’ve probably at least heard of his extensive bow tie collection. Or witnessed the man himself sporting one of the colorful […]
Gee can’t guarantee full raises for WVU workers, supports community college bill
CHARLESTON — Public employees have been promised a pay raise of about 5 percent, but West Virginia University President Gordon Gee says he can’t guarantee every college employee will get that. […]
Three agree to leave WVU after conduct investigation
MORGANTOWN — Eighteen WVU students were disciplined — three agreeing to leave the university — following an investigation into the November fall of another student at a fraternity house. WVU released […]
Mascot program imposes 1 year term limit on WVU Mountaineer
The mascot program known across West Virginia for picking the Mountaineer is undergoing a policy change. The WVU student taking on the iconic character will now only be allowed to […]
Several events planned to honor Dr. King Monday
MORGANTOWN — Mahalia Jackson, the legendary gospel singer, wasn’t just in possession of a big voice. She also had an equally abundant capacity for social justice. On Aug. 28, 1963, on […]
Hansell to discuss life after coal at WVU’s College of Law
The Energy Information Agency, an office of the federal Department of Energy, indicates West Virginia coal production is up 20 percent over the same period last year. Though the state […]
Bill proposed would divert pop tax revenue from WVU to PEIA
CHARLESTON — A House bill introduced last week proposes to divert the $15 million “pop tax” devoted annually to WVU Health Sciences for medical education from WVU to the Public […]












