WVU’s equine studies program has a rebuilt 10-stall barn at the J.W. Ruby Research Farm, designed to support horse care and hands-on student learning.

WVU Homecoming runs October 12–18, with royalty voting Tuesday and Wednesday, a Friday parade led by Jordan Harrison and a noon football game Saturday against Cincinnati.

Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital and Broaddus Hospital received rural health funding for AI note-taking and a telehealth pilot. The awards were announced Sept. 30.

Nscale, the company developing the Monarch Compute Campus data center project in Mason County, will pay to move chestnut and chinquapin trees at the former Clements State Tree Nursery in late 2027, Governor Patrick Morrisey says.

WVU Extension’s Young Innovators program returns at 13 rural sites, adding students in Logan and Clay counties and preparing teams to pitch community ideas at an October summit.

Girl Scouts’ fall sale began October 1. Buy through a participating local Girl Scout; troops earn 15% on qualifying online sales and $1 per qualifying order-card item.

About 2,000 newborn and postpartum supply kits are expected to reach West Virginia families through a federal program’s expansion, according to the Governor’s Office.

This week in West Virginia history includes Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier, John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry and the birth of country musician “Stoney” Cooper.

Princeton English teacher Laura Presley, named West Virginia’s 2027 Teacher of the Year, says her experiences in 4-H helped prepare her for the classroom.

West Virginia is exploring outside management of Sharpe Hospital in Weston and Mitchell-Bateman Hospital in Huntington. Both would remain state-owned, with proposals expected later in 2026.

Stonewall Resort in Weston received recognition in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards, based on the magazine’s annual reader survey.

WVU placed Lambda Chi Alpha on interim suspension October 9 after hazing reports, halting chapter social functions, recruitment and university programming.