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W.Va. News

West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee given contract extension

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia University Board of Governors gave President E. Gordon Gee a one-year contract extension Monday amid a budget shortfall, falling enrollment and plans to cut some academic offerings. Gee, 79, was given an extension through June 2025 during the ...

Supreme Court allows construction to resume on the Mountain Valley Pipeline

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed construction to resume on a contested natural-gas pipeline that is being built through Virginia and West Virginia. Work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline had been blocked by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, ...

West Virginia state troopers sued over Maryland man’s roadside death

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A lawsuit accuses West Virginia State Police troopers of using excessive force in tackling and handcuffing a man who was walking along an interstate highway. Edmond Exline, 45, of Hagerstown, Maryland, died at a hospital after the Feb. 12 incident along I-81 near ...

West Virginia University approves $7M in staff cuts and a 3% tuition increase

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — With more cuts expected, West Virginia University's governing board moved forward Friday with slashing 12 graduate and doctorate programs amid a $45 million budget shortfall and approved a just under 3 percent tuition increase. The estimated $1.2 billion fiscal year ...

West Virginia cash-for-worker program adds 5th destination

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A program offering cash and free outdoor adventures to remote workers to move to West Virginia with the hope of offsetting population losses has added a fifth destination where out-of-state workers can apply to live. The public-private program Ascend West Virginia ...

Art of blacksmithing taught during summer classes at West Virginia business

By AINSLEY HALL, The Journal KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Southwood Farm Forge is holding special blacksmith classes throughout the summer for students interested in learning about the trade. Eric Johnson, owner of Southwood Farm Forge and participant in the Over the Mountain Studio Tour, ...

West Virginia state trooper fatally shot, suspect being sought

BEECH CREEK, W.Va. (AP) — A state police officer was fatally shot Friday in southern West Virginia, and a suspect was being sought, authorities said. Sgt. Cory Maynard was killed in the shooting, Gov. Jim Justice said in a statement, adding that he was "absolutely heartbroken." He and first ...