http://www.timeswv.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 17 May 2008 02:16:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_138021704.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_138021704.html Embattled West Virginia University president Mike Garrison is taking a back seat at commencement ceremonies, a school spokeswoman said Friday, the latest sign of growing tensions at the school amid a degree scandal involving the governor’s daughter. Sat, 17 May 2008 02:13:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_138021422.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_138021422.html Sen. John McCain made his first campaign stop in West Virginia since launching his bid for the White House — a private event Friday at a gun shop — as opponents and supporters waited outside. Sat, 17 May 2008 02:12:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_138021310.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_138021310.html Two local lawyers are touting a possible class action suit based on the possibility that West Virginia University degrees are less valuable since the university has been accused of manufacturing a master’s degree for the governor’s daughter. Fri, 16 May 2008 01:26:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_137012716.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_137012716.html Gov. Joe Manchin plans to debate his Republican challenger but details haven’t been worked out.Manchin spokeswoman Lara Ramsburg says it’s too early to say when and where a debate would be held. Thu, 15 May 2008 02:22:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_136022351.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_136022351.html West Virginia University’s faculty demanded Wednesday that embattled President Mike Garrison quit over a master’s degree scandal involving the governor’s daughter, the second call for his resignation in 10 days. Thu, 15 May 2008 02:20:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_136022044.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_136022044.html Democrat Natalie Tennant will go on to face Republican Charles Minimah in the race for the Secretary of State post in November after easily taking the nomination over two challengers with roots in the statehouse. Thu, 15 May 2008 02:13:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_136021335.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_136021335.html Appalachian coal executive Don Blankenship has a track record of upsetting voters by flexing his financial muscle to shape West Virginia’s political landscape. Thu, 15 May 2008 02:10:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_136021132.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_136021132.html Anne Barth’s Democratic primary victory in the 2nd Congressional District was just a few minutes old, but her mind was already on bigger challenges. Wed, 14 May 2008 02:30:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_135023120.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_135023120.html Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of the worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination. Wed, 14 May 2008 02:22:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_135022318.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_135022318.html Gov. Joe Manchin coasted past an ill-funded foe Tuesday, while Natalie Tennant snagged the Democratic nod for Secretary of State and former Supreme Court Justice Margaret Workman won a chance to return to West Virginia’s highest court. Wed, 14 May 2008 02:21:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_135022229.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_135022229.html His favored presidential candidate didn’t make much of an impression in West Virginia, but Sen. Jay Rockefeller still won an easy victory in the Democratic primary. Wed, 14 May 2008 02:20:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_135022110.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_135022110.html Highlights from preliminary results of exit polls in the West Virginia Democratic primary on Tuesday. The polls were conducted for The Associated Press and television networks: Wed, 14 May 2008 02:19:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_135021935.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_135021935.html Voting in Tuesday’s primary appeared to run smoothly, with voters and election officials seeing few of the problems that plagued the May 2006 primary. Mon, 12 May 2008 23:43:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_133234439.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_133234439.html Barack Obama is widely expected to lose the West Virginia primary Tuesday, but it would have been hard to tell that from the excited supporters who came to see him speak at the Charleston Civic Center Monday.Shrugging off talk about a big win in West Virginia for Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama supporters argued that expectations are such that even a close defeat for their candidate would be the equivalent of a win. Sun, 11 May 2008 22:16:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_132221718.html http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_132221718.html The investigation that determined West Virginia University gave the governor’s daughter a master’s degree she didn’t earn cost more than $31,000, records reviewed by The Associated Press reveal.That’s more than it would currently cost a West Virginia resident to earn an executive master’s of business