WVU names Magrath interim president after scandal
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Veteran educator C. Peter Magrath, the former president of three universities and a national higher education group, was named interim president of West Virginia University on Tuesday.
Magrath will succeed President Mike Garrison, who is stepping down Sept. 1 over a master’s degree scandal involving the governor’s daughter. Magrath, 75, will play a key role in helping the university rebuild its damaged national reputation and choose a permanent successor.
‘‘This is not a ship that’s even remotely sinking,’’ Magrath told reporters later in the day. ‘‘It has a good reputation, and it can be better.’’
Magrath has the academic credentials to satisfy critics who had decried Garrison’s appointment last year as political cronyism. Garrison, a 39-year-old lawyer, was chief of staff to former Democratic Gov. Bob Wise.
Magrath, in contrast, is former president of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges in
W.Va. neighborhood divided over Confederate flag
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — An Eastern Panhandle neighborhood is divided over whether one homeowner’s display of a Confederate flag is a matter of history or something worse.
Richard Bushong, a
W.Va. couple faked marriage for citizenship
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man said he was trying to help a friend by entering into a sham marriage with a Guyanese woman who wanted to become a U.S. citizen.
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W.Va. group offers to pay gas taxes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia group dedicated to improved transportation is offering a gas tax holiday of its own.
West Virginians for Better Transportation will pay for an average
Arch Moore biography to be rereleased July 11
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ Woodland Press LLC is rereleasing former Gov. Arch Moore's biography in a softcover edition.
A release party for "Arch, The Life of Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr." will
W.Va. police prepare up for annual pot battle
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ Police agencies across West Virginia are preparing for an annual push to eradicate marijuana fields.
In August, helicopter crews will search remote and rugged t
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