In a vote primarily across party lines, the U.S. Senate voted Saturday to acquit former President Donald J. Trump.
The annual WVU Clery Report shows an increase in rape and fondling offenses from 2018 to 2019.Â
President-elect Joe Biden has announced plans to make higher education more affordable to low-income students.
The Diamond Village homeless camp is set to be cleared on Nov. 30 by the city of Morgantown after a notice was placed on the property last week.Â
West Virginia University’s Office of Health Promotion and Wellness will host two medication disposal events prior to students’ departure from campus for the holidays.
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) at WVU has received $1.5 million from the National Institute of Health to work with eight other states in collecting COVID-19-related data.
WVU will receive $505,000 for visual therapy research to help West Virginians with glaucoma.Â
The Mountain Line Transit Project has been awarded $40,000 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Kanawha County Commissioner Ben Salango has been declared the Democratic nominee for Governor of West Virginia.
Wheeling resident Natalie Cline was declared the winner of the Democratic primary election for the U.S. House seat of West Virginia’s 1st District, and will face off against incumbent Republican David McKinley.
Incumbent West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has won the Republican nomination in Tuesday’s primary election, continuing his bid for a second term.
The Morgantown Police Department released a statement Monday, stating they support citizens' right to peacefully protest.
West Virginia currently has 967 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases and 29 COVID-related deaths.
With establishments making workforce cuts across the nation, national unemployment has jumped to 4.4%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Gov. Jim Justice's new executive order requires all essential businesses' employees and contractors to work from home to the fullest extent possible.
Joseph Moser, owner of Ashebrooke Liquor Outlet, said he had to deal with customers yelling at his employees after a rule banning out-of-state residents from buying liquor went into place in Monongalia County.
Originally scheduled May 12, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed an executive order moving the state's primary election to June 9.Â
UPDATE, 04/01/2020
Gov. Jim Justice has chosen WVU vice president and executive dean for Health Sciences Clay Marsh to serve as West Virginia’s COVID-19 czar.Â
The Morgantown Parking Authority has announced that parking in Morgantown will be free for the duration of the governor’s stay at home order. Â
A former WVU physics professor pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge, according to the United States Department of Justice.
Update: West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice issued a "stay at home" order and closed all essential" businesses. This will be effective at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) Thursday confirmed three new cases of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the state, making the total positive case count at five. All three new positive cases are travel related.
The COVID-19 pandemic has officially reached Monongalia County.
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice today issued an Executive Order, directing the West Virginia Department of Commerce and WorkForce West Virginia to provide unemployment benefits to those affected by COVID-19 to the maximum extent permitted under federal law.
Christopher Scott Phillips, 37, was taken into custody by the Morgantown Police Department for his alleged role in an incident that shut down North Willey Street.
To keep students informed about coronavirus, WVU launched a website that details the virus and how to respond in the event of illness.
To prepare students, faculty and staff for active shooter situations, resources are available on WVU’s campus.
Despite the obstacles that come with convincing lawmakers to support research on state banks in West Virginia, a group of WVU graduate students continue to persevere.
A West Virginia bill that allows elective Bible study courses in public schools passed through the Senate on Thursday.
As students begin packing their bags for spring break travel, the University is preparing to combat any cases of coronavirus that may hit West Virginia.
Over the weekend, three WVU students’ study abroad programs in Italy were cut short as the coronavirus outbreak continues to grow in the country.
Following two shootings over two consecutive days, WVU President Gordon Gee said in a campus-wide email that WVU plans to redouble its campus safety efforts.
In every hallway, study room, break room, and office, one of more than 1000 recycling bins can be found across WVU’s campus.
Katherine Johnson, world-renowned research mathematician and West Virginia native, passed away Monday at 101 years old, according to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
A lawsuit has been filed against engineering firms on behalf of a WVU student who was critically injured in 2018 after being struck by a truck at a crosswalk.
The United States Air Force Band will be making a stop Morgantown for the first time to perform a mix of traditional band music, marches, popular tunes and patriotic songs.
Student organizations gathered in front of Woodburn Hall on Saturday to protest the building of a natural gas and solar power plant at Longview Power Plant in Maidsville, West Virginia.
A bill proposed in the state Senate would increase regulations on needle exchange programs.
Several bills that could impact the University are on the WVU Government Relation Team’s radar, many of which carried over from the 2019 session.
The West Virginia House passed a bill that would make it illegal for anyone to tattoo the whites of a person’s eyeballs.
Six people in West Virginia, including four in Monongalia County, are in a self-imposed quarantine to monitor for symptoms of coronavirus, according to WBOY.
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice said that he supports Virginia counties unsatisfied with Richmond’s Democratic government joining West Virginia.
Fort Gay, West Virginia, became the first city in West Virginia to declare itself as a Second Amendment sanctuary.
A recent bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate could have a strong monetary impact on the WVU rifle program.
The West Virginia House of Delegates passed the ‘Born-Alive’ Abortion Survivors Protection Act on Wednesday.
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