Could West Virginia go for Obama?: ; Some pollsters see movement; others...

Charleston Daily Mail;  October 17, 2008 ;     451 words ...WEST Virginia appears to have gone from "no way...showing no sign of any interest in West Virginia. Polling showed McCain with a comfortable...every major polling organization had West Virginia either "solid" or "leaning" McCain...

West Virginia, closed for repairs

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  October 22, 2006 ;     360 words ......isn't always good. Take the case of West Virginia's new commerce-friendly "Open for Business...every county line road crossing in West Virginia. Decades ago, Arkansas, a state with...be changed on election days to read "West Virginia: Closed for Repairs." While the "Open...

What West Virginia Needs to Do in Order to Compete in the 21st Century

Special Report - Tax Foundation;  December 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......briefing delivered on the floor of the West Virginia House of Representatives on December 11, 2006, regarding West Virginia's recent tax reform and the need...governor-are a good start to begin putting West Virginia on the right track towards increased...

WEST VIRGINIA

Young Students Learning Library;      700+ words ...00-00-0000 Most of West Virginia lies in a vast coal region that stretches from Alabama...Only Kentucky produces more coal each year than West Virginia does. Coal brings West Virginia hundreds of millions of dollars every year. It also...

What will happen next in Pitt-West Virginia rivalry?

AP Online;  November 26, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Online 11-26-1998 PITTSBURGH (AP) _ The West Virginia-Pittsburgh game Friday would seem to...minutes for a tie - in Morgantown. West Virginia trailed Pitt with 16 seconds to go...at's just a recap of the last 10 years. West Virginia (7-3, 4-2 in Big East) is heavily favored...

Number of West Virginia-based companies on Top 100 list decreasing

The State Journal;  October 7, 2002 ;     583 words ...Take away hospitals, and West Virginia-based businesses don't take up...decreasing. In 1996, the year the West Virginia Bureau of Employment Programs...counting hospitals, were based in West Virginia. The state's manufacturing sector...

College of West Virginia signs affiliation agreement with WVU

The State Journal;  May 31, 1999 ;     549 words ...BECKLEY -- The College of West Virginia, a private college in Beckley, and West Virginia University (WVU) celebrated an affiliation...will bring higher education in Southern West Virginia to a new level. Under the agreement signed...

West Virginia Equipment, Technology and Design Expo returns for 29th year...

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  February 24, 2008 ;     666 words ...The 29th annual West Virginia Equipment, Technology and Design...exposition is sponsored by the West Virginia chapter of the American Institute...the Contractors Association of West Virginia, the West Virginia Society of...

Four West Virginia monuments to be rededicated

Charleston Gazette;  October 1, 1998 ;     267 words ......anniversary of the dedication of four West Virginia monuments at Gettysburg National Military...will take place at the site of the 7th West Virginia Infantry monument in Gettysburg, Pa...C. Stuart McGehee, chairman of the West Virginia Archives and History Commission and...

Mountaineer reconstruction: blacks in the political reconstruction of West...

The Journal of Negro History;  June 22, 1993 ;     700+ words ......of Delegates of the State of West Virginia (1865), pp. 26, 33, 37-38...the Senate of the State of West Virginia, (1865), p. 27; (1866), p.31...Legislature of the State of West Virginia (1865), pp. 37, 47-48; Hereinafter...

West Virginia Leaves Syracuse Feeling Blank; Orangemen Suffer 2nd Straight...

The Washington Post;  October 31, 1993 ;     700+ words ...Thirteenth-ranked West Virginia came into the most unfriendly...stunned homecoming crowd of 49,268. West Virginia improved to 7-0 in winning its...last season. In that game, three West Virginia players were ejected late in the...

New trade office will bridge gap between West Virginia, Taiwan

The State Journal;  March 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ......When James Chu was named director of West Virginia's Taiwanese Trade Office earlier this...recruiting Taiwanese businesses to invest in West Virginia, while at the same time developing...bridging the gap between Taiwan and West Virginia should not be difficult and once both...

Photo: IMAGINE WEST VIRGINIA Releases Recommendations on Coal.

PR Newswire;  April 24, 2008 ;     448 words ......W.Va., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAGINE WEST VIRGINIA announced today the release of its first...report, Coal: Energy, The Environment and West Virginia: Leadership for West Virginia and Beyond. The report details the actions...

West Virginia positioning itself to be Silicon Valley of biometrics...

The State Journal;  July 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Journal published an article focusing on West Virginia's bid to be a leader in biometrics...its "backwoods image," referring to West Virginia as "Silicon Holler." "I thought it...points about the changes taking place in West Virginia and how it is moving away from the...

GOV. MANCHIN OUTLINES HIS PLAN FOR 'BETTER WEST VIRGINIA', BUILDING UPON...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The West Virginia Department of Administration issued...Manchin outlined his plans for a better West Virginia, indicating his pledge to build upon...certainly has been a challenging year for West Virginia, but it has been a productive and...