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Business, Congress, Education
Capito, Manchin support TikTok sale bill, promote cybersecurity during Focus Forward appearances
7 hours agoMORGANTOWN – If you’re stressed about the potential demise of TikTok (or maybe delighted), don’t be, Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito said Wednesday. It will […]
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Latest News
National American Legion Commander: ‘Be the One’
1 day agoIt’s OK … to not be OK. If you think that’s some feel-good chestnut from an old, tucked-away, self-help paperback on your bookshelf — well — think […]
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Business, Education, Government
Focus Forward symposium: Cybersecurity is key to our future and could make West Virginia the ‘center of the universe’
1 day agoMORGANTOWN – On May 7, 2021, the Columbia natural gas pipeline was temporarily shut down by a ransomware attack. That attack, and the ever-present vulnerability of our […]
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Business, Education, Government
Focus Forward conference looks at the potential benefits and downfalls of artificial intelligence
1 day agoMORGANTOWN – West Virginians walk around with powerful computers in the palms of their hands every day. Students use ChatGPT to help them write papers. People of […]
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Energy, Government, Latest News, State Government
PSC approves reduced Mon Power/Potomac Edison base-rate hike, compromise net-metering credit achieved in settlements
1 day agoMORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission has approved a pair of settlements in Mon Power’s and Potomac Edison’s base rate case, which included a reduced net-metering […]
Recent News
Sports
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3-time state champs Sharron Young and Izzy Everett lead Class AAAA all-state team
March 29, 2024MORGANTOWN — It’s every player’s dream to have the opportunity to make a crucial play in the state championship. It’s [...] -
Trinity comeback falls just short in loss to Tygarts Valley
March 28, 2024MORGANTOWN — As is so often the case at Mylan Park, the Trinity Christian baseball game against Tygarts Valley Thursday night [...] -
Morgantown baseball picks up 3rd win in last 24 hours
March 28, 2024MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown High baseball team earned a pair of wins on Thursday afternoon at Dale Miller Field, first over [...] -
Sophomores Cash and Bryner get UHS baseball back to winning ways
March 28, 2024MORGANTOWN — Coming off its first two losses of the season, the University High School baseball team turned to a pair of [...] -
Tucker DeVries recovering from shoulder surgery, excited to get started at WVU
March 28, 2024MORGANTOWN — Tucker DeVries’ introduction to the WVU men’s basketball program came with a bang. “The musket, is that what [...] -
Darian DeVries introduced as WVU’s men’s hoops coach, announces son Tucker will play for the Mountaineers
March 28, 2024MORGANTOWN — Darian DeVries took his first steps into being a power conference men’s basketball coach Thursday, as the former [...]
- Ammar Maxwell and Zycheus Dobbs headline Class AAA all-state team
- Nutter, Mohigans take advantage of opportunities in comeback victory over rival Hawks
- Notebook: Aubrey Burks entering ‘contract year’ with Mountaineers
Cops and Courts
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Witness willingly takes stand in murder trial
March 28, 2024KINGWOOD — Only one witness was heard during the Luis Martinez-Otero, murder trial Wednesday. Martinez is charged with the May [...] -
FBI seen at home in Morgantown
March 27, 2024Agents with the FBI were seen at a home on the outskirts of Morgantown Wednesday. Officers with West Virginia University police [...] -
Body pulled from Mon river near Scott’s Run
March 27, 2024A body was found Wednesday afternoon in the Monongahela River in the area of Lazzelle Union Road, near Scott’s Run. Granville [...] -
Testimony continues on 3rd day of trial in murder of Zachary Shrout
March 27, 2024KINGWOOD — The Martinez trial entered its third day Tuesday with testimony from Danny Trejo, a Morgantown social worker and [...] -
Charges coming soon in situation that involves Greenbrier West wrestling team
March 26, 2024A county prosecutor called allegations involving members of the Greenbrier West High School wrestling team very serious. The [...] -
ME, forensics scientists testify in murder trial
March 26, 2024KINGWOOD — The second day of the Luis Martinez-Otero, murder trial started with testimony from Dr. Allen Muck, West [...]
- Justice helicopter for sale
- WVU to offer self-defense training to students, faculty and staff
- Police: Speed, aggressive driving factors in fatal Jan. 3 crash
Local Government
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Capito, Manchin support TikTok sale bill, promote cybersecurity during Focus Forward appearances
March 28, 2024MORGANTOWN – If you’re stressed about the potential demise of TikTok (or maybe delighted), don’t be, Sens. Joe [...] -
Justice vetoes bill granting vaccine exceptions
March 28, 2024Gov. Jim Justice vetoed a bill loosening vaccination requirements in some schools, drawing praise from health care organizations. [...] -
Focus Forward symposium: Cybersecurity is key to our future and could make West Virginia the ‘center of the universe’
March 27, 2024MORGANTOWN – On May 7, 2021, the Columbia natural gas pipeline was temporarily shut down by a ransomware attack. That attack, [...] -
Focus Forward conference looks at the potential benefits and downfalls of artificial intelligence
March 27, 2024MORGANTOWN – West Virginians walk around with powerful computers in the palms of their hands every day. Students use ChatGPT to [...] -
PSC approves reduced Mon Power/Potomac Edison base-rate hike, compromise net-metering credit achieved in settlements
March 27, 2024MORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission has approved a pair of settlements in Mon Power’s and Potomac [...] -
Mon Commission rolls out $44.24M budget for fiscal year 2025
March 27, 2024MORGANTOWN — Despite holding the county’s base levy rates in place, the Monongalia County Commission anticipates a 15.38% [...]
- Justice goes up to deadline with decision over vaccination exemption bill
- Justice vetoes solar bill aimed at drawing industry to West Virginia
- PSC appoints MUB to state Fire Hydrant Maintenance and Testing Task Force
Opinion
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Science prevails as Gov. Justice vetoes vax exemption bill
March 28, 2024On Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice made the right decision and vetoed HB 5105, which would have exempted virtual public school [...] -
Guest essay: Why the National Institutes of Health is important to W.Va.
March 28, 2024by Shelley Moore Capito Ten years ago, many West Virginians had to leave the state to get treatment for certain diseases, [...] -
WVU basketball looks to the future
March 28, 2024The last 11 months have been difficult for the WVU basketball program and its fans. It began with Coach Bob Huggins’ [...] -
Justice’s nonsense veto of research funds for RNI
March 27, 2024Gov. Jim Justice often says and does nonsensical things. But his veto of research dollars for WVU’s Rockefeller Neuroscience [...] -
U.S. fired first diplomatic shot at Israel
March 27, 2024by Andreas Kluth “Abstention” is a deceptively diplomatic word, implying some sort of bureaucratic omission. And yet this [...] -
There’s no shame in a cancer diagnosis
March 27, 2024News that Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cancer set off a pointless argument. One side complained that the [...]
- Grassroots protest got band facility back on campus
- Congress is right to call for the strategic divestment of TikTok
- Abortion and the GOP