Still no answer for short-yardage woes - Charleston Gazette
MORGANTOWN - Anyone who has watched West Virginia’s offense for more than a game or two this season knows that what has cost the Mountaineers most is an inability to convert short-yardage situations. Those failures cost WVU dearly in two of its three
W.Va. yellow dog politics turn red - Daily Anaeum
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia is famous for being a haven for yellow dog Democrats, the party loyalists who will vote for any Democratic candidate, even the proverbial mutt. Lately, though, the pack is looking different. Call them red
Boise State remains ninth in all three Top 25 polls (with Statesman - Idaho Statesman
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Energy fight raging; West Virginians debate surface minit, windmills - Carroll County Online
DOROTHY, W.Va . - Tacked to the front porch of a cabin atop Kayford Mountain is a sign. “Larry’s Place,” it reads. “Almost Heaven.” Almost. In five minutes, Larry Gibson can walk to a crumbling overlook he calls Hell’s Gate. It is a window onto an
Caperton-Massey Fight Reaches U.S. Supreme Court - Metro News
The United States Supreme Court says it will review a controversial case from the West Virginia Supreme Court. The High Court on Friday announced that it has accepted the Caperton vs. A.T. Massey Coal Company case. Its focus will be on whether state
In wake of wins, Dems worry - Journal & Sunday Journal
CHARLESTON - West Virginia’s Democratic Party was largely successful on Election Day, but the results also show a gray lining. Barack Obama had been aided by a more extensive ground game and a 2-to-1 voter advantage. But he became the third
Women s heart campaign features W.Va. leaders - Herald-Dispatch
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Some of West Virginia s most prominent women are striking a pose in the hopes that they ll draw attention to two of the top killers of women in the country. First lady Gayle Manchin, Secretary of State Betty Ireland and
Fisher WVGA Player of the Year - Herald-Dispatch
CHARLESTON — Tim Fisher of Staats Mills received the West Virginia Player of the Year award Friday night during the West Virginia Golf Association’s banquet at Berry Hills Country Club. Fisher racked up 870 points during the 2008 season to end Pat
Paul Epstein - Charleston Gazette
Why do West Virginia Democrats vote for Republican presidents? After the 2006 election, Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia wrote in The Wall Street Journal, “Working Americans have been repeatedly seduced at the polls by emotional issues such as the
WVU Football: With Pat White stuck in pocket, Mountaineers’ running - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Cincinnati’s defense gangs up on West Virginia quarterback Pat White in last Saturday’s thriller in Morgantown, W.Va. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Alas, it’s something of a Pitch-and-Catch 22 situation. The Mountaineers wanted to get off the ground and take
W.Va. Dems a little bit red - Journal & Sunday Journal
CHARLESTON - West Virginia is famous for being a haven for yellow dog Democrats, the party loyalists who will vote for any Democratic candidate, even the proverbial mutt. Lately, though, the pack is looking different. Call them ‘’red dog Democrats
Two WVU players charged with battery after bar fight - CNN Sports Illustrated
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia football players have been charged with battery stemming from a fight at a Morgantown bar in October. Tight end Maxwell Anderson, 21, and 21-year-old Jeremy Kash, the starting holder on special teams, are
U.S. Supreme Court to hear case regarding W.Va. Supreme Court - Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday to hear an appeal of whether West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin should have stepped aside in a case involving Massey Energy, after Massey’s chief executive spent millions of
WVU on the hunt for win over bearcats - Daily Anaeum
With momentum on its side and destiny in its own hands, the West Virginia football team will take on Cincinnati in a pivotal Big East Conference game Saturday night at Milan Puskar Stadium. Coming off a 35-13 victory at Connecticut last week, the
Red state? - Charleston Gazette
Democrats outnumber Republicans almost two-to-one in West Virginia - yet this state joined the Republican “red” column for the third consecutive time in Tuesday’s presidential balloting, while electing mostly Democrats locally. Democrats outnumber
Deer-vehicle collisions are highest in W.Va. - Parkersburg News & Sentinel
* West Virginia Insurance Commissioners office 2007 cleared year study quantifying the economic impact of deer-vehicle crashes within the state. PARKERSBURG - Insurance industry studies show West Virginia leads the nation in deer-related vehicle
State QB Kevin O’Brien’s appeal denied by WVC - Charleston Gazette
The West Virginia Conference and West Virginia State University announced Thursday that WVSU quarterback Kevin O’Brien’s appeal to the league’s Conduct Committee has been denied. The West Virginia Conference and West Virginia State University
Women test new squad against group of former college players - Daily Anaeum
The West Virginia women s basketball team will have its final tune-up for the regular season with an exhibition matchup against DT-3 a group of former women s college basketball players. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. Sunday at the WVU Coliseum
College Football Insider: Win big now, or get lost - Minneapolis Star Tribune
P atience? In college football that’s a rare commodity. Take Michigan, please. It wasn’t long ago that Rich Rodriguez left West Virginia for Ann Arbor, leaving a bunch of very unhappy Mountaineers fans in his wake. Guess what? His Wolverines
Manchin, after big victory, pitches health plan - Register-Herald
CHARLESTON Buoyed by the largest victory margin ever won by someone seeking his office, Gov. Joe Manchin vowed Thursday to extend health coverage to every uninsured working West Virginian possibly through the main benefits program for state
