Morgantown hires Brian Belcher as new airport director

August 11, 2026

MORGANTOWN -- According to a press release from the city of Morgantown, Brian Belcher has been hired to lead the Morgantown Municipal Airport (MGW). Belcher steps into the airport director role vacant since the city…

More mud-bogging, less market auction at Valley fair

REEDSVILLE — Not all fairs are built the same. Leticia Lambert emphasized that the Valley District Fair is more motorsports…

‘Got our attention’: Lightning hits gas meter at Fairmont residence

FAIRMONT – As the old adage goes, where’s there’s smoke, there’s fire. Which is just one of those natural-world occurrences…

'Nice to see': Families attend annual Breastfeeding Awareness Walk

Kids stretched and tried some yoga poses, blew bubbles and frolicked under the shelter of the Morgantown Market Place on…

$83K awarded to Mon County CAC

MORGANTOWN – Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced $2,128,850.88 in grants for child advocacy centers across the state Friday, which includes $83,245.41…

Two charged after alleged meth delivery attempt at FCI Hazelton

CLARKSBURG – A South Carolina woman and an inmate at federal Corrections Institution Hazelton in Preston County have been indicted…

WVU Sports

WVU Zac Alley figuring out positions in deep linebacker room

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football had a lot of changes on defense. A lot…

WVU DL Nate Gabriel stepping outside comfort zone becoming vocal leader

Rick Trickett is taking everyone back to basics to find WVU's center

Former WVU football star Stedman Bailey arrested for indecent exposure in mall

High School Sports

Morgantown High girls soccer hitting reset button in 2026 with new head coach Alyson Hill

MORGANTOWN - The Morgantown High School girls' soccer team has been one of the…

Clay-Battelle volleyball leaning on experience entering 2026 campaign

Morgantown High outfielder Bean Nipper announces commitment to Marshall University

Former UHS punter, 2025 Walker Award winner Jimmy Gregg entering freshman season at Syracuse with high hopes

Obituaries

Kim Roger LaBarge

Kim Roger LaBarge, 65, of Morgantown, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at his home on Thursday, August 6, 2026. He was born January 9, 1961, in Albany, New York, a son of the late Leo R. LaBarge and Marion L. Bushman Villano. Kim is survived by his devoted wife, Tammy LaBarge; his beloved…

Christopher L. Pigott, 65, of Morgantown, passed away Wednesday, August 5th. Cremation arrangements have been entrusted…

Christopher L. Pigott

Anna Lynn Stasick, 76, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, August 6th. Arrangements, which are incomplete, have…

Anna Lynn Stasick

Dorothy Johnson, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on August 5, 1944, died unexpectedly but peacefully on Sunday,…

Dorothy Johnson

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