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West Virginia is a state in the Southern United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east,Maryland to the east and northeast,Virginia to the southeast,Kentucky to the southwest,and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state,with a population of 1,793,716 residents. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia and the seat of Kanawha County. Located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers,the city had a population of 48,864 at the 2020 census and an estimated population of 48,018 in 2021. The Charleston metropolitan area as a whole had an estimated 255,020 residents in 2021.
Morgantown is a city in and the county seat of Monongalia County,West Virginia,United States,situated along the Monongahela River. The largest city in North-Central West Virginia and the third-largest city in the state,Morgantown is best known as the home of West Virginia University. The population was 30,347 at the 2020 census. The city serves as the anchor of the Morgantown metropolitan area,which had a population of 138,176 in 2020.
West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown,West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley,Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser,and clinical campuses for the university's medical and school at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston and the Eastern Division at the WVU Medicine Berkeley and Jefferson Medical Centers. WVU Extension Service provides outreach with offices in all 55 West Virginia counties.
The Eastern Panhandle is the eastern of the two panhandles in the U.S. state of West Virginia;the other is the Northern Panhandle. It is a small stretch of territory in the northeast of the state,bordering Maryland and Virginia. Some sources and regional associations only identify the Eastern Panhandle as being composed of Morgan,Berkeley,and Jefferson counties. Berkeley and Jefferson counties are geographically located in the Shenandoah Valley. West Virginia is the only U.S. state with two panhandles.
Joseph Manchin III is an American politician and businessman serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia,a seat he has held since 2010. A moderate member of the Democratic Party,Manchin was the 34th governor of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010 and the 27th secretary of state of West Virginia from 2001 to 2005. He became the state's senior U.S. senator when Jay Rockefeller retired in 2015 and has been West Virginia's only congressional Democrat since. Before entering politics,Manchin helped found and was the president of Enersystems,a coal brokerage company his family owns and operates.
Robert Lee "Sam" Huff was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. He played college football for West Virginia University. He is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
U.S. Route 48 (US 48),also known as the incomplete Corridor H of the Appalachian Development Highway System,extends from Interstate 79 (I-79) in Weston,West Virginia,eastward across the crest of the Allegheny Mountains to I-81 in Strasburg,Virginia. It is planned to extend 157 miles (253 km) from northwestern Virginia to central West Virginia.
Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is a state park and heritage railroad located in Cass,Pocahontas County,West Virginia.
The 2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held November 7,2006. Incumbent Democrat Robert Byrd won re-election to a ninth term. He was sworn in on January 3,2007. However,he died in office on June 28,2010,before the end of his term. This was Byrd's closest re-election.
Robert Edward Huggins is an American college basketball coach. Nicknamed “Huggy Bear”,he is currently the head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team. Huggins previously held the head coaching positions at Walsh College (1980–1983),the University of Akron (1984–1989),the University of Cincinnati (1989–2005) and Kansas State University (2006–2007). He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022. Huggins is currently the winningest active head coach in NCAA D-I basketball.
Interstate 470 (I-470) is a 10.63-mile-long (17.11 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway of I-70 that bypasses the city of Wheeling,West Virginia,in the US. I-470 is one of 13 auxiliary Interstate Highways in Ohio and the only auxiliary Interstate Highway in West Virginia. The western terminus of I-470 is an interchange with I-70 in Richland Township,Ohio. Traveling southeast through rural Belmont County,I-470 approaches the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge,which spans the Ohio River. After crossing the river into Ohio County,West Virginia,the highway continues east toward the Wheeling communities of Bethlehem and Elm Grove and its eastern terminus at I-70 near Elm Grove. The portion of the highway in West Virginia is named the USS West Virginia Memorial Highway by proclamation of then-Governor Cecil H. Underwood on the 59th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia University,an American university located in Morgantown,West Virginia. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. The Mountaineers have been a member of the Big 12 Conference since 2012. At that time,the Mountaineers joined the Mid-American Conference as an affiliate member for men's soccer. The men's soccer team now competes in the Sun Belt Conference.
The Miss West Virginia USAcompetition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss USA pageant. This pageant is independently conducted and produced by Sanders &Associates,Inc.,dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon,West Virginia.
The West Virginia Air National Guard (WV ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of West Virginia,United States of America. It is,along with the West Virginia Army National Guard,an element of the West Virginia National Guard,and is also closely associated with the United States Air Force.
Virginia's first congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia.
The 2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 4. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller won re-election to a fifth term in a landslide,defeating Republican Jay Wolfe by a 27-point margin. Despite this overwhelming win,this remains the last time that a Democrat has won West Virginia's Class 2 U.S. Senate seat. In fact,in both of the two subsequent elections for the seat,Republicans have swept every single county.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail is the only daily morning newspaper in Charleston,West Virginia. It is the product of a July 2015 merger between The Charleston Gazette and the Charleston Daily Mail. It is one of nine papers owned by HD Media.
The West Virginia Mountaineers football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the West Virginia Mountaineers football program in various categories,including passing,rushing,receiving,total offense,all-purpose yardage,defensive stats,and kicking. Within those areas,the lists identify single-game,single-season,and career leaders. The Mountaineers represent West Virginia University in the NCAA's Big 12 Conference.
The Cincinnati–West Virginia rivalry is a college sports rivalry between the University of Cincinnati Bearcats and West Virginia University Mountaineers,which are about 300 miles (480 km) apart. The rivalry dates from their first college football game in 1921,and has continued across all sports,including basketball since 1940. The rivalry intensified while the two schools were conference foes and members of the Big East Conference from 2005 to 2011.
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- ↑ West Virginia Blue Book, 2005 (PDF). Charleston: Jarrett Printing Company. 2005. p. 341. Retrieved October 20, 2021.