FAIRMONT – How many coal miners were harmed and it didn’t know it, during the recent Trump administration-led shutdown at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health? It depends […]
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NIOSH employees reinstated
MORGANTOWN – Previously downsized employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health were reinstated Wednesday by the Trump administration – including those at Morgantown’s NIOSH facility on Willowdale […]
Lydia Main filled prescriptions of unwavering work and unconditional love
MASONTOWN – Put away those pastoral-tinged “Mayberry” glasses for the moment, if you don’t mind, and settle in for a lesson on civics and sociology. Which is this: Being mayor […]
Dr. Summers Harrison: Medicine, music and moments with family and friends
MORGANTOWN – Sometimes, you have to compose your day with a little comedy. On a sun-splashed autumn afternoon 12 years ago in the choir loft of Morgantown’s First Presbyterian Church […]
North Marion High marching band back from Hawaii
FAIRMONT – The way Matt Morgan tells it, he didn’t exactly feel like the Big Kahuna as the North Marion High School marching band he directs readied for its trip […]
MCPARC accepting applications for its community grant program
FAIRMONT – If you oversee a playground, public park or gym, now’s your chance to get in the game with Marion County Parks and Recreation. The organization is now accepting […]
Long-term prognosis of love and respect: Friends and colleagues wish WVU pioneering nurse Lillian Klein a Happy 100
MORGANTOWN – A momentous thing happened Wednesday afternoon at the Village at Heritage Point, even if one the better-known residents of the retirement community down from Pineview Drive didn’t necessarily […]
WVU’s ‘Musket,’ the canine buddy to the Mountaineer, to get his own bobblehead
Every dog has his day. And, if he’s really lucky, his own bobblehead. “That’s the plan,” Phil Sklar said with a chuckle on Tuesday – which, in his world, is […]
Say hello to the distinguished Hall of Fame inductees for 2026 at Morgantown High
Things don’t begin and end with Barney Fife at Morgantown High School. Or rather, Don Knotts (Class of 1942), the comedic actor who won five Emmys for his portrayal of […]
Mon and Marion schools give good grades to 2025
The public school districts of Monongalia and Marion counties both had a busy 2025, with lots of homework and heart going into their collective day-to-day doings. Here are some highlights: […]
