It is uncommon for colleges to use grades from transfer credit courses at a different college in its own GPA calculations, but your story suggests that some colleges do it, at least in some circumstances. Seems that WVU says that it transfers grades at https://registrar.wvu.edu/transfer/faqs#QA2
But note that for the purposes of applying to graduate and professional schools (e.g. medical and law schools), all college courses and grades (including high school dual enrollment) must be reported and will be considered.