FAIRMONT- The Kibar Americas’ aluminum manufacturing facility celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 14 at 1800 Speedway Ave. in Fairmont. Kibar Americas is a Turkish global business firm that focuses on flat-rolled aluminum, according to the Kibar Americas website. Kibar Americas purchased the vacant Novelis facility in March 2026 after years […]
BRIDGEPORT – The 5th annual ‘Girls in Aviation’ Day will be at the North Central West Virginia Airport on Saturday, Oct. 3 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is hosted by The Mountain State Chapter of the Women in Aviation International Organization, whose goal is to raise awareness for job availability in aviation, […]
MORGANTOWN – There has been a rise of childhood-inspired alcoholic beverages on the market, raising questions about statewide alcohol regulations. These beverages, including Buzzballz, Pop-Tarts, Hard Mountain Dew, SunnyD Vodka Seltzer and Popsicle Hard, are marketed to adults craving nostalgia, according to West Virginia University Professor of Advertising Emily Tanner. Tanner explained that this strategy […]
Recently my daughter built a terrarium. As the final step, the instructor added some bugs to help maintain the enclosed ecosystem. A few different types of bugs can be added to terrariums, but the ones my daughter got were springtails. They were so tiny, I didn’t get a good look at them. The instructor used […]
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CHARLESTON – A group of lawmakers are trying to avoid the drama of the last night of the Legislature and find agreement on a draft bill meant to protect students from being pulled out of public school while under child welfare reviews, but homeschool advocates remain opposed and some lawmakers question the bill’s effectiveness. Members […]
MORGANTOWN – The police report in the Noel Devine arrest alleges the WVU football coach tracked his domestic partner to Kegler’s Sports Bar Saturday night where he threw her into the back of his vehicle, got on top of her, placed his hands around her neck, and slapped her. Devine, 38, was arrested Sunday and […]
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia assistant coach and former standout running back for the Mountaineers, Noel Devine, 38, was arrested and booked at 12:45 p.m. Sunday at the North Central Regional Jail charged with one felony count of strangulation, according to the Magistrate Court of Monongalia County. Devine’s bond is set at $40,000. No additional information […]
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. had a wide-open D.J. Epps down the seam. Hawkins pitched it to him, and Epps took off in all the open space for a 53-yard touchdown. The big touchdown set the tone for a day full of explosive plays against the inferior FCS U.T. Martin. The Mountaineers […]
MORGANTOWN – Boonie Jarvis, Army veteran and Patriot Guard Riders member, sat on call for five days after receiving the call from his dispatcher that the Twin Towers were hit on Sept. 11, 2001. “I had retired, bought a big truck, was doing heavy equipment moving. Putting on my boots that morning, my dispatcher called […]
MORGANTOWN – There’s a mostly paraphrased quote out there attributed to Robert Frost that goes something like this: “Poetry makes you remember what you didn’t know you knew.” It definitely went like that for Joshua Lugo Zambrano, late Friday morning on the downtown campus of West Virginia University. Zambrano tapped into emotions he didn’t know […]
