West Virginia Day: State's 136th

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  June 20, 1999 ;     659 words ......former poet laureate of the Mountain State, once wrote: "This was no...teeth upon a cannonball." West Virginia was created by the hate...convention changed the name to West Virginia. A provisional state government...slaughtered each other. West Virginia provided 30,000 ...

West Virginia a leader in regional tourism growth

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  February 5, 2006 ;     332 words ......most-important segments of West Virginia's economy, and in 2005 the Mountain State continued its move to become...from 1999 through 2003 West Virginia had the third-highest growth...The same study ranked West Virginia fifth in payroll growth...showed travel spending in ...

This W.Va. has legs, Horse named 'West Virginia' is a favorite in big race

Charleston Daily Mail;  December 16, 2003 ;   GEORGE HOHMANN;   723 words ......bet that many Mountain State fans will have...namesake favorite: "West Virginia." In fact...Virginia.' "'West Virginia' turns out to...stakes race. Mountain State race fans may...horses says "West Virginia" is a horse...possible that "West ...

Video: Visitors To West Virginia Can 'Answer The Call' For a Chance To Win...

PR Newswire;  June 20, 2007 ;     376 words ...West Virginia Division of...PRNewswire/ -- West Virginia Division of...launch of the West Virginia Answer the...visitors to the Mountain State the opportunity...Tourism's West Virginia is Calling...Betty Carver, West Virginia Division of...goal ...

From A to Z, artist puts West Virginia in pictures

Charleston Daily Mail;  October 4, 2004 ;   CHERYL CASWELL;   535 words ......for kids, 'M is for Mountain State' The latest book to sing the attributes of West Virginia has it covered from A to Z. "M is for Mountain State," written by Mary Ann...up with Zenith, the mountain's very top. Letter...inspiring beauty that West Virginia offers ...

'West Virginia' will hit racing trail soon: Horse Racing; West Virginia...

Charleston Daily Mail;  March 12, 2004 ;   JACK BOGACZYK;   267 words ......immediate racing future of West Virginia, the 3- year-old colt named for the Mountain State, are yet to be determined...nominated horse, said West Virginia "has bounced back and is...Gulfstream Park, where West Virginia is stabled. "He's going...in the next 3-4 weeks." ...

The West Virginia Grown logo

Charleston Gazette;  November 7, 2002 ;     230 words ...In 1987, West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture...purchasing a product made in the Mountain State. "One of my most important...cottage industries throughout West Virginia that would result in job...to include more than 400 West Virginia-owned businesses and ...

WEST VIRGINIA JURIED EXHIBITION 2007 WINNERS ANNOUNCED

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 22, 2007 ;     787 words ......available through the West Virginia Commission on the Arts (WVCA) of the West Virginia Division of Culture...appropriated by the West Virginia Legislature. The...adjudication that West Virginia has a dynamic...The citizens of West Virginia should take ...

Teaching folklore in West Virginia

Humanities;  January 1, 2000 ;   Carter, Richard;   787 words ......coauthor of In the Mountain State: A West Virginia Folklore and...Published by the West Virginia Council for...Humanities, In the Mountain State has ten units...in Fairmont, West Virginia, came to love the Mountain State's cultural...

CAMPAIGN 2000: ; The battle for West Virginia; State becomes key part of...

Charleston Gazette;  November 2, 2000 ;   Paul J. Nyden;   777 words ......making more trips to the Mountain State than at any time since...plan campaign stops in West Virginia in the coming days...districts, in Southern West Virginia and the Northern Panhandle area. West Virginia has only five votes...

Wave of international investment hits West Virginia in the '90s

The State Journal;  January 29, 2001 ;   Mullins, Blaine;   787 words ......economy, and west Virginia was caught up...division at the West Virginia Development Office...state. Presently, West Virginia has 75 international...same time, the Mountain State has found markets...the people of West Virginia who have ...

Mountain state race offers clear choices.(gubernatorial election in West...

Insight on the News;  November 4, 1996 ;   Goode, Stephen;   787 words ......because she discovered that West Virginia children went to bed hungry...working to create jobs in the Mountain State through such positions...Republican, are vying for West Virginia's governorship. And in...to begin the journey in West Virginia -- and requested that ...

West Virginia one of many states struggling to fill health care jobs

The State Journal;  July 8, 2002 ;   Elmer, Joann C;   787 words ......shortages that West Virginia, and many other...physicians in the Mountain State, but those who...the border of West Virginia, is one of the...locations for Mountain State physicians to...likely move for West Virginia physicians is...close ties to the ...

Stitches in time: ; Book documents history of West Virginia quilts

Charleston Gazette;  November 19, 2000 ;   Paul Gartner;   347 words ...pgartner@wvgazette.com "West Virginia Quilts and Quiltmakers...illustrated book of West Virginia quilts (circa 1795-1940...quilt history in the Mountain State. In 1990, volunteers with the West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search...families across the Mountain ...

Study shows need for building a strong high-tech work force in West...

The State Journal;  November 23, 1998 ;   Anonymous;   654 words ......top priority of West Virginia political and business...central finding of the West Virginia Science and Technology...Underwood and the West Virginia Science and Technology...Council. Deans of West Virginia colleges and universities...officers of some of the ...