MORGANTOWN – Touting “Mountaineer momentum,” WVU President Michael Benson offered a bit of a progress report Monday during his second State of the University address. “We are in a state of intentional forward motion,” he said during the roughly 30-minute address offered prior to the ...
FAIRMONT- The Kibar Americas’ aluminum manufacturing facility celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 14 at 1800 Speedway Ave. in Fairmont. Kibar Americas is a Turkish global business firm that focuses on flat-rolled aluminum, according to the Kibar Americas ...
MORGANTOWN – There has been a rise of childhood-inspired alcoholic beverages on the market, raising questions about statewide alcohol regulations. These beverages, including Buzzballz, Pop-Tarts, Hard Mountain Dew, SunnyD Vodka Seltzer and Popsicle Hard, are marketed to adults craving nostalgia, according to West Virginia University Professor of Advertising Emily Tanner. Tanner explained that this strategy works due to familiarity and emotional sympathy. “Familiarity lowers that psychological barrier, right? They don’t have to explain the flavor. Like, if you see a ...
CHARLESTON – A group of lawmakers are trying to avoid the drama of the last night of the Legislature and find agreement on a draft bill meant to protect students from being pulled out of public school while under child welfare reviews, but homeschool advocates remain opposed and some ...
MORGANTOWN – The police report in the Noel Devine arrest alleges the WVU football coach tracked his domestic partner to Kegler’s Sports Bar Saturday night where he threw her into the back of his vehicle, got on top of her, placed his hands around her neck, and slapped her. Devine, 38, was ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. had a wide-open D.J. Epps down the seam. Hawkins pitched it to him, and Epps took off in all the open space for a 53-yard touchdown. The big touchdown set the tone for a day full of explosive plays against the inferior FCS U.T. ...
