MORGANTOWN – They would never admit it, but the folks responsible for keeping West Virginia University’s little blue Personal Rapid Transit cuboids (PRT) plugging along must certainly […]
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WVU’s Purinton House a part of university, American history
MORGANTOWN — On Nov. 2, 1911, President William Howard Taft stood on the front porch of West Virginia University’s Purinton House and delivered his “World Wide Speech,” […]
Morrisey: West Virginia must win economic Backyard Brawl
MORGANTOWN — “I want to start by saying something bold … 27-24, WVU,” Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Friday, drawing applause from the West Virginia University Board of […]
University transitioning 507 Research Corporation employees
MORGANTOWN — More than 500 employees of the West Virginia University Research Corporation will transition to direct university employment, effective Oct. 31. A Workers’ Adjustment and Retraining […]
WVU hit with hoax ‘swatting’ call reporting active shooter
MORGANTOWN — A little after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, a call came in to MECCA 911 dispatch reporting gunshots on West Virginia University’s downtown campus. At 7:43 […]
Tie a bow on it: Gee closing out 44 years as a college president
MORGANTOWN — It’s a scorching Tuesday afternoon in late June and the Mountainlair is vibrating with the kind of anxious energy reserved for those on the verge […]
Capito addresses conference in a city on edge from layoffs, funding cuts
MORGANTOWN — You could call it the elephant in the room. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., addressed the annual Focus Forward conference in the Morgantown Marriott […]
Ron Justice: It’s been a good run, but I’m not going anywhere
MORGANTOWN — Today, the world knows him as Darius Rucker. Ron Justice knew him before the world called him Hootie. They met in Justice’s small Mountainlair office […]
David Riggle: Connections key for the teacher, coach and honorary degree recipient
The look. Every teacher and coach knows the look. Well, check that. It’s not so much a “look.” It’s more like an expression, really. Joy. Relief. Maybe […]
Support group opens for parents of children waitlisted for autism evaluations, services
The West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities (CED) is launching the Mind the Gap: Parent Education and Support Group to offer guidance and support for […]
