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New Sports Major Offered at WVU

New Sports Major Offered at WVU

West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media has developed a new undergraduate major focusing on sports and adventure media. Both the College of Media and the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences will...

Lavender Could Be Next Big Cash Crop

Lavender Could Be Next Big Cash Crop

A new development project called the Green Mining Model Business Program is looking at ways to diversify the West Virginia economy. The program has headquarters at the West Virginia Regional Technology Park in South...

From Elkins to Hollywood

From Elkins to Hollywood

An actress from Elkins is busy in Hollywood. Cindy Jackson has been in TV shows and films like House of Cards and the Dark Knight Rises. She’s in the new Netflix series Mindhunter. Jackson...

Jewel City Church opens new location

Jewel City Church opens new location

Jewel City Church opened their new location Sunday. The six year project cost between 4-6 million dollars in donations. Associate Pastor, Erik Hustead encourages everyone to come out and join the church family.

Waterbills one the rise

Waterbills one the rise

Your water bill may not be going up by as much as originally planned. West Virginia American Water’s proposed increase is lower than planned because they’ve found a different way to pay for a...

WVU ranks 23

WVU ranks 23

WVU beat Texas Tech over the weekend. That means the Mountaineers have a new Top 25 ranking, coming in at 23 in both the Associated Press poll and the USA Today coaches poll. Posted...

Wildfire 50 percent contained

Wildfire 50 percent contained

Forestry officials say a wildfire in a remote area of West Virginia is about 50 percent contained. The two week old blaze has charred nearly 200-acres in the Monongahela National Forest. Crews are concerned...

WV Oasis causing payroll problems

WV Oasis causing payroll problems

West Virginia’s new supercomputer, W-V-Oasis is causing payroll problems. The new system lacks some functionality of the old system, and to make up for it the State has hired additional employees to process payroll....