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West Virginia announces promotional football game slate, set to begin with home opener against RMU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University’s athletics marketing department released the upcoming football season’s promotional game schedule, as the team embarks on its first season with returning head coach Rich Rodriguez at the helm....

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Hear West Virginia Transgender Student-Athlete Case
FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) CHARLESTON — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to take up West Virginia’s appeal of a lower court decision blocking...

Op-ed: One Big Beautiful Bill delivers for West Virginia
(A News and Sentinel Op-Ed - Photo Illustration - MetroCreativeConnection) West Virginians demanded generational change in November after years of mass migration, inflation, and progressive insanity. They demanded a secure border, lower costs, and...

US Supreme Court to hear challenges to Idaho and West Virginia bans on transgender athletes in women’s sports
WASHINGTON, July 4 — The US Supreme Court agreed yesterday to wade into the hot-button issue of transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports. The court said it would hear cases next term challenging state laws in Idaho and West Virginia...

West Virginia AD Wren Baker discusses Darian DeVries departure
West Virginia Athletic Director Wren Baker is aware of all that’s out there on the departure of Darian DeVries. The now Indiana head coach spent only one season with the Mountaineers leading the basketball program to a 19-14 campaign. Those...

Players improve skills and more during YMCA soccer camp
BECKLEY, WV (WOAY)- Dozens of young players gathered in Beckley this week to work on their soccer skills at the YMCA of Southern West Virginia’s annual youth soccer camp. The organization has been running the camp for more than 10 years, and it...

ACLU says 'Big, Beautiful Bill' could close 7 West Virginia hospitals
Video: House continues debate on big, beautiful bill WEST VIRGINIA (WBOY) — Following Tuesday’s passage of the Budget Reconciliation Bill, aka the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” in the U.S. Senate, the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia...
West Virginia Lottery results: See winning numbers for Powerball, Lotto America on June 28, 2025
Are you looking to win big? The West Virginia Lottery offers a variety of games if you think it’s your lucky day. Lottery players in West Virginia can choose from popular national games like the Powerball and Mega Millions, which are available in...

West Virginia baseball transfer portal tracker
With the regular season wrapped up, the transfer portal is heating up across the country, including at West Virginia. Several players have entered the portal, which lets other schools reach out about possible transfers. WVSports.com will be...

Study: Michigan Ranks 40th in AI Readiness Among States Based on Jobs, Education, Funding
A new study ranks Michigan 40th among the 50 U.S. states, plus Washington, D.C., in preparedness for the AI revolution. // Stock photoMichigan ranks 40th among the 50 U.S. states, plus Washington, D.C., in preparedness for the artificial...

Willis officially kicks off U.S. Senate campaign
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. –State Senator Tom Willis defeated Senate President Craig Blair during last year’s election and on Monday Willis officially launched a new campaign, this time for U.S. Senate, taking aim at 10-year incumbent, fellow...

U.S. Supreme Court takes up trans athlete ban in Idaho, West Virginia
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider a challenge to Idaho’s ban on transgender athletes in girl’s and women’s sports. The court will also take up a lawsuit related to a similar ban in West Virginia. Idaho in 2020 became the first...

West Virginia Coffee Festival brews success with diverse options at first annual event
HURRICANE, W.Va. (WCHS) — Bethany Lewis found her people Saturday morning in Hurricane’s Valley Park as coffee lovers united to celebrate the drink that keeps them going. The first West Virginia Coffee Festival featured 12 different vendors from...

SCOTUS to hear case on transgender athletes competing in West Virginia sports
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will take up two cases regarding transgender athletes competing in sanctioned school sports, including a challenge to West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act. Regarding State of West Virginia...

West Virginia mudslide strands thousands on highway for over 8 hours
Thousands of motorists were stranded for more than eight hours along a section of rural interstate highway in southern West Virginia early Friday after a mudslide caused by heavy rains blocked a storm drain the previous night, flooding and...

Supreme Court to hear West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Case
CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey announced today that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear State of West Virginia v. B.P.J.This case involves a challenge to West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act, which...

Supreme Court to take up West Virginia case focused on transgender athletes
A prominent West Virginia case about transgender athletes participating in school sports will get hearing from the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court has agreed to hear State of West Virginia v. B.P.J., which involves a challenge to West...

13-year-old girl drowns trying to save cousin who was swept away by sudden current in West Virginia river
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Local Duo Reels in Victory at West Virginia River and Rails Bass Festival
Jason Suter with his father Bryan Suter. Local angler and Sistersville Hospital administrator Jason Suter, alongside his father Bryan Suter, made waves on the Ohio River over the weekend, capturing first place in the prestigious West Virginia...

Best and worst places to rent in America: See where California cities ranked
SUGGESTED: 31 of the top 50 metros are buyer’s markets, according to Redfin. LOS ANGELES - As the cost of living continues to climb across the board in California, homeownership has become a pipe dream for many. Now, a new study from Wallethub...