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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’
17 hours 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
17 hours 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
20 hours 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 […]
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Government, Latest News, Monongalia County
Mon Commission rolls out $44.24M budget for fiscal year 2025
21 hours agoMORGANTOWN — Despite holding the county’s base levy rates in place, the Monongalia County Commission anticipates a 15.38% jump in revenue in the next fiscal year. The […]
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Latest News
City updating permitting process, looking to regulate vape shops
2 days agoMORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown is about a month away from rolling out a new online portal through which residents can file and track permit and […]
Sports
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Ammar Maxwell and Zycheus Dobbs headline Class AAA all-state team
March 28, 2024CHARLESTON — Three times, three years in a row, Ammar Maxwell’s Shady Spring and Zycheus Dobbs’ Fairmont Senior met on [...] -
Nutter, Mohigans take advantage of opportunities in comeback victory over rival Hawks
March 27, 2024MORGANTOWN — Opportunity knocked on Morgantown’s door on Wednesday night as the Mohigans hosted cross-town rival [...] -
Notebook: Aubrey Burks entering ‘contract year’ with Mountaineers
March 27, 2024MORGANTOWN — In the NFL, a contract year is make-or-break time for professional football players. How a player performs in the [...] -
Trinity Christian’s Chayce Adams named 2nd-team all-state in Class AA
March 27, 2024CHARLESTON — After helping the Warriors to a second-straight state tournament appearance, Trinity Christian junior Chayce Adams [...] -
Jamison pulls off steal of home, Mountaineers top Zips after rain delay
March 26, 2024GRANVILLE — It was more of a grind than they would have liked, but the WVU Mountaineers picked up a midweek win over [...] -
WVU’s 5-year deal with Darian DeVries worth $15 million, with a possibility for a sixth season worth another $3.3 million
March 26, 2024MORGANTOWN — Darian DeVries’ five-year deal with West Virginia is worth $15 million in compensation, but also includes an [...]
- Lesley feels WVU’s defense can be as deep as it’s ever been
- WVU will have high expectations in Mark Kellogg’s second season with the program
- Clay-Battelle’s Colby Barr named repeat all-state 1st-teamer in Class A
Cops and Courts
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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
March 26, 2024Are you in the market for a helicopter previously owned by the family business of Gov. Jim Justice? If so, your big break could [...]
- WVU to offer self-defense training to students, faculty and staff
- Police: Speed, aggressive driving factors in fatal Jan. 3 crash
- Pennsylvania man charged in fatal I-79 crash
Local Government
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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
March 27, 2024Gov. Jim Justice, who has been swamped with calls and letters about a vaccination exemption bill, says he’ll need up to the [...]
- Justice vetoes solar bill aimed at drawing industry to West Virginia
- PSC appoints MUB to state Fire Hydrant Maintenance and Testing Task Force
- Pence ‘cannot in good conscience’ back Trump — but Capito can
Opinion
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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
March 26, 2024To past, present and future Pride marching band members, the 2019 announcement that money was being raised for a dedicated band [...] -
Congress is right to call for the strategic divestment of TikTok
March 26, 2024by Mark Montgomery The Chinese Communist Party in Beijing is nervous — and it ought to be. The U.S. Congress has targeted a [...] -
Abortion and the GOP
March 26, 2024The Biden administration and Democrats generally are under water in polling that has consistently shown voters are displeased [...]
- Feds take on Apple for smartphone antitrust violations
- The stories ‘Oppenheimer’ didn’t tell
- Mass purges are the new voter suppression