West Virginia State Yellow Jackets West Virginia State Yellow Jackets The West Virginia State Yellow Jackets (also WVSU) are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia State University, located in Institute, West Virginia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Yellow Jackets compete as members of the Mountain East Conference for all ten varsity sports. West Virginia State was a founding member of the conference following the demise of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2013. WVSU's main rivals are the University of Charleston Golden Eagles. During the segregation era, the school competed in athletics as "West Virginia" and played other segregated schools as
Virginia State Route 259 Virginia State Route 259 State Route 259 (SR 259) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs a total of in two sections. The southern section, in northern Rockingham County, has a length of from Interstate 81 (I-81) and U.S. Route 11 (US 11) at Mauzy through Broadway to the West Virginia state line into Mathias. The northern section, in western Frederick County, covers from the West Virginia state line north to US 50 at Gore. The two sections of SR 259 are joined by West Virginia Route 259 (WV 259). SR 259