Beach Party Mountaineer Style
For the first time since they arrived in Miami, Florida the Mountaineer football team was able to enjoy some time on the beach. The Orange Bowl scheduled a beach party for members of the football ...
View ArticleMarshall program rides a surging wave of digital evidence
Assistant Professor John Sammons teaches Marshall University students the changing complexities of "digital forensics," a growing field as more and more evidence is sought from deep within ...
View ArticleW.Va. libraries keep up with changing trends
Most librarians skipped 8-track tapes. But they've had to keep up with the costs of books on various media, cassette tapes and CDs, not to mention music and movies, as well as good ...
View ArticleFewer earmarks could hurt W.Va.s growth
Economic development in West Virginia faces serious challenges, as the state has lost much of its ability to get federal funds through "earmarks" backed by two former veteran members of ...
View ArticleNews and Notes From Orange Bowl III
**How big a deal is New Year's Eve at the Fountainebleau on Miami Beach? The paparazzi was on location trying to get pictures of the big stars scheduled to ring in the New Year. **Clemson ...
View ArticleMountaineer Hurt in Jet Ski Accident
A Mountaineer football player was injured Saturday afternoon in a jet ski accident in Miami, where the Mountaineers are preparing for the Discover Orange Bowl. The injuries to Connor Arlia are ...
View ArticleW. Basketball. Late Surge Topples Ball State 60-58
Final Stats MUNCIE, Ind. – The Marshall women’s basketball team celebrated New Year‘s Eve with a late comeback win over Ball State, 60-58. The Herd took over the lead with 4:50 ...
View ArticleIve added years onto my life
here CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When Connie Dooley, 60, climbs the hill behind her family house, she passes through her family cemetery and scrambles to the top of the hill where, as a girl, she ate ...
View ArticleLandau Murphy is West Virginian of the Year
In early December, Logan native Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. showed the audience at Charleston's Clay Center some of the gifts that earned him the win on 2011's "America's Got ...
View ArticleCapitol Club pledges rise to $907,165
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Capitol Club members have pledged $907,165 to the United Way of Central West Virginia community campaign to date. The goal for 2011-2012 is $2.4 million in workplace campaigns ...
View ArticleBorder strategies affect wildlife
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- What a difference a thousand miles can make. Along the U.S.-Canada border, people and wildlife pass relatively freely. Most wildlife crossings go unnoticed. Wolves, bears and ...
View ArticleWhat if next year were your last.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A co-worker suggested that with the Mayan calendar predicting the world's end in 2012, I should do a column about what people would do if they actually believed this was ...
View ArticleHamills ‘Tabloid City' more than just a thriller
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As a young man, Brooklyn-born Pete Hamill wanted to be a comic book artist. Later he tried his hand at painting. Then he switched his career goal yet again. He decided to become ...
View ArticleA clean slate on which to create
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- New Year's Day is my favorite holiday -- 365 brand-new days, 12 delicious months, 52 amazing weeks. It's the ultimate new beginning. The chance to take lessons learned ...
View ArticleBelgian beer, part 1: Trappist and abbey beer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The idea to publish a short series of columns to simplify the seemingly complex world of Belgian beer came to me under anesthesia; well OK, it was local anesthesia while having ...
View ArticlePlant this, not that
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- This new year, I'm making a resolution to plant more native, noninvasive plants. I haven't always been diligent about this in the past, and when a plant causes ...
View ArticleTeen is funny, smart, creative
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Alysa is a smart and funny young lady. The 14-year-old enjoys shopping for all the latest trends and likes to sing and dance. She enjoys going to school and makes the B honor ...
View ArticleIm lowering my risk ... you can too!
Angela Gould, 34, Charleston. About three times a week, I push my babies over the bridge, up the Carriage Trail and back. I work at home, a computer job, so I try to find ways to stay active and ...
View ArticleLocal man helps youth find direction
HEDGESVILLE - A 69-year-old former art school dean from Montgomery College in Rockville, Md., who enjoys rock climbing, and a 13-year-old sixth-grader at Spring Mills Middle School who spends his ...
View ArticleAir show disaster tops year of news in Eastern Panhandle
Editor's note: The Eastern Panhandle saw an abundance of significant news stories in 2011, many of which, like the passing of Frank Buckles and the earthquake felt in the Panhandle, had ...
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