West Virginia Culture Reporter
SEE OTHER BRANDS

Daily news on culture and lifestyle in West Virginia

Latest News

Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.

Hailey Barrett 'perfect fit' as new Montana State women's tennis coach

Hailey Barrett 'perfect fit' as new Montana State women's tennis coach

BOZEMAN — Hailey Barrett, who recently completed her third season as an assistant at Rutgers University, has been named Montana State’s next women’s head tennis coach, announced MSU director of athletics Leon Costello on Wednesday. “I am pleased...

Community Calendar for July 20, 2025: Upcoming local events in the Bristol area

Community Calendar for July 20, 2025: Upcoming local events in the Bristol area

Bruce Miller, Sioux City Journal entertainment reporter, says "Jurassic World Rebirth" is still humans running from dinosaurs in order to make billionaires even richer. AARON SORKIN’S ‘A FEW GOOD MEN’—Abingdon, VA. Historic Barter Theatre is proud...

Red States Set To Defend Women’s Sports At Supreme Court

Red States Set To Defend Women’s Sports At Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear two cases revolving around state laws keeping transgender-identifying males out of women’s sports. The court is set to consider cases out of Idaho and West Virginia, where laws banning males who...

SCOTUS to hear cases of male athletes on women’s teams

In a Thursday order, the Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases involving the issue of whether male athletes who identify themselves as women can play women’s sports. The high court agreed to hear Idaho Gov. Brad Little v. Lindsay Hecox and West...

U.S. Supreme Court will review case for Idaho's Fairness in Women’s Sports Act

U.S. Supreme Court will review case for Idaho's Fairness in Women’s Sports Act

BOISE, Idaho – The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it has agreed to review Hecox v. Little, which determines the legality of Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. The Supreme Court will also be reviewing a similar case in West Virginia....

Women’s Basketball to Play in Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship

Women’s Basketball to Play in Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship

MINNEAPOLIS - The University of Minnesota women's basketball team has accepted an invitation to one of the premier non-conference tournaments of the upcoming season in the Bahamas - the 2025 Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship in Nassau, at...

U.S. Supreme Court to hear WV Save Women’s Sports Act case

U.S. Supreme Court to hear WV Save Women’s Sports Act case

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear State of West Virginia v. B.P.J, Attorney General JB McCuskey said. The case involves a challenge to West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act, which protects biological female...

Supreme Court takes up state bans on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports

Supreme Court takes up state bans on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider whether states can prohibit transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports, setting up a high-profile clash that could have far-reaching implications across the country. The...

Supreme Court Intervenes in Trump’s Trans Athlete Culture War

Supreme Court Intervenes in Trump’s Trans Athlete Culture War

The Supreme Court is wading into one of the most divisive cultural issues: transgender athletes in women’s sports. The court agreed Thursday to examine a pair of cases where trans athletes have challenged statewide bans on their participation on...

Supreme Court to decide if federal law bars transgender athletes from women's teams

Supreme Court to decide if federal law bars transgender athletes from women's teams

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to weigh in on the growing controversy over transgender athletes and decide if federal law bars transgender girls from women’s school sports teams. “Biological boys should not compete on girls’...

Trump news at a glance: Republicans pass bill that will cut federal safety net and boost immigration enforcement

Trump news at a glance: Republicans pass bill that will cut federal safety net and boost immigration enforcement

The US House of Representatives passed Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill on Thursday, handing the president the first major legislative victory of his second term, with the bill expected to supercharge immigration enforcement and slash...

Immigration raids: Will they happen on Ohio and Pa. farms?

Immigration raids: Will they happen on Ohio and Pa. farms?

SALEM, Ohio — Baldemar Velasquez knows what it’s like to bounce from place to place, picking fruit and vegetables in the hot and humid upper Midwest temperatures. Growing up, Velasquez, his parents and eight siblings traveled from Rio Grande...

Independence Day, Ranked-Choice Wins and Jacinda Ardern: This Week in Women’s Representation

Independence Day, Ranked-Choice Wins and Jacinda Ardern: This Week in Women’s Representation

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little...

US Supreme Court to take up issue of state bans on transgender women in sports

US Supreme Court to take up issue of state bans on transgender women in sports

The Supreme Court with a person holding a trans flag outside it. (Getty/Canva) The Supreme Court has announced that it will take up multiple cases concerning state bans on transgender women in sports, which in turn could potentially lead to a...

Way Too Early NCAA Women's Cross Country Rankings 2025

Way Too Early NCAA Women's Cross Country Rankings 2025

The landscape shouldn't change too much for the women's NCAA Cross Country season, and that should lead to thrilling battles throughout the course of the 2025 season. With the start of the 2025 Cross Country season officially in the windshield, we...

Cleveland & Akron metro areas join growing list of places where seniors now outnumber children

Cleveland & Akron metro areas join growing list of places where seniors now outnumber children

CLEVELAND, Ohio - People over the age of 65 now outnumber children in both the Akron and Cleveland metro areas as the region has joined a growing list of such places across the country. Nearly a third of the metro areas in the United States - 112...

8 Maryland sheriffs’ offices now partner with ICE, claiming it protects communities. Immigrant advocates say the opposite.

8 Maryland sheriffs’ offices now partner with ICE, claiming it protects communities. Immigrant advocates say the opposite.

In June, another Maryland county joined an Immigration and Customs Enforcement program that would allow local officers to carry out some of the federal agency’s work, bringing the number of participating counties up to eight. The Trump...

Local Doctor for Decades, Medical Leader, Educator, Pilot, George William Shehl, Jr., Passes at Age of 72

Local Doctor for Decades, Medical Leader, Educator, Pilot, George William Shehl, Jr., Passes at Age of 72

George William Shehl, Jr., MD, 72, of Clarksburg passed away peacefully on July 1st, 2025 at home with his wife and sons by his side. He was born on January 5th, 1953 in Clarksburg, WV the son of George W. Shehl Sr. and Mitzie Carrillo Shehl....

SCOTUS to Decide: Can States Say No to Men in Women’s Sports?

SCOTUS to Decide: Can States Say No to Men in Women’s Sports?

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear two cases involving state bans on men in women's sports, according to the Wall Street Journal. One of the cases comes from Boise State University in Idaho, where a man was prevented from...

Supreme Court to hear challenges to bans on transgender athletes in women’s sports

Supreme Court to hear challenges to bans on transgender athletes in women’s sports

The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will hear a pair of cases over the constitutionality of state laws banning biological males from competing in women’s sports.The high court will hear arguments in Little v. Hecox and B.P.J. v. West Virginia...

Share us

on your social networks:
AGPs

Get the latest news on this topic.

SIGN UP FOR FREE TODAY

No Thanks

By signing to this email alert, you
agree to our Terms of Service