MORGANTOWN — Andrew Dacks, assistant professor of neuroscience in the Department of Biology, received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct research at WVU on […]
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WVU professor receives research grant to study cancer growth
MORGANTOWN — What do one in five breast cancers have in common? Large amounts of a protein called HER2 (or human epidermal growth factor receptor 2). “Every healthy cell produces […]
WVU Foundation receives record number of donations for fourth straight year
MORGANTOWN — For the fourth straight year, the WVU Foundation’s annual giving program received a record number of donations. Between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018, donors gave $22.3 […]
Pace of state Supreme Court impeachment proceedings causing partisan divide
CHARLESTON — Two local lawmakers participating in the impeachment proceedings against four state Supreme Court justices shared contrasting thoughts on the pace of the historic occurrence. Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer, […]
Ugandan singing group makes a stop in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN — Over 10 years, eight men have been spreading the Ugandan culture through Christ. The Harmonics, an acapella group, formed in 2007 and decided that serving the Lord, as […]
Area hotel occupancy rises
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice celebrated an increase in hotel occupancy statewide, but the local convention and visitors bureau says Monongalia and Preston counties are also on the rise. As per […]
President Gee to appear on ‘Barnwood Builders’ Sunday night
MORGANTOWN — WVU President Gordon Gee will be in front of his television at 9 p.m. Sunday. He’ll be watching himself, some university colleagues and a WVU graduate as they work […]
Carmichael: Justice party switch has worked out well
CHARLESTON — A year ago Friday, Gov. Jim Justice stood with President Donald Trump at a rally in Huntington and announced he was switching his party affiliation from Democrat to […]
Charges headed to grand jury in fatal hit and run
MORGANTOWN — Ladon Garrett hired a lawyer before coming forward as the alleged driver in a July hit-and-run incident that left a Morgantown man dead. That attorney, Joseph Spano, called Morgantown […]
Jenkins ‘seriously considering’ a run for state Supreme Court to replace Ketchum
CHARLESTON — West Virginia 3rd District Congressman Evan Jenkins told MetroNews on Thursday he is “seriously considering” a run for state Supreme Court in the November election. Jenkins, whose second […]
