I have about a half dozen half-finished columns sitting on my computer. No, not about. Exactly. I have started — and stopped — writing six times in the past week. […]
Author: Katie Long McDowell (editor)
Got a jones for the open road, ready to go again
I hadn’t been out of the car for a full 24 hours before I shot off the first link. “11 Epic Fall Foliage Road Trips to Drive This Year.” Whoosh. […]
Washed out: Best laid plans a thing of the past
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a bit of a planner I’ll dog the details to death — Google menus at restaurants where we’re going, check the weather a thousand […]
A COVID-19 time capsule: What can it tell us?
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the time capsule buried in front of my elementary school (shout out to William Tyler Page in Montgomery County, Md.) It […]
Sobriety is possible, even enjoyable — I swear
Sometime back around 2013, I was put on a 10-day course of strong antibiotics to battle an infection I had. When prescribing the drugs, the doc was adamant: I was […]
Guess what? There is no Shelob at Valley Falls
We were coming up the trail at a good clip when he stopped me. “Wait,” he said, holding me back. “Look.” I followed the direction of his pointing finger with […]
Update: Body found identified as missing woman
UPDATE: At 4:45 p.m. Monday, officers from the Morgantown Police Department were notified of a dead body in Deckers Creek. Officers and firefighters from the Morgantown Fire Department responded and […]
Active COVID cases below 2K; Justice spends most of briefing railing against reporter
For the first time since summer, West Virginia has fewer than 2,000 active coronavirus cases. During his Monday briefing, Gov. Jim Justice said the state clocked in at 1,909 active […]
BA.2, the omicron variant’s variant, confirmed in state
As Dr. Clay Marsh pointed out during Friday’s COVID-19 briefing, one should never underestimate this virus and its ability to mutate. Proving that point, Gov. Jim Justice announced the first […]
Omicron continues to ‘run rampant,’ hospitals operating at crisis levels
Gov. Jim Justice, Dr. Clay Mash and Gen. James Hoyer continued their push for vaccinations and boosters in the Mountain State Monday, as hospitalization numbers continue to increase due to […]
