MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelly Moore Capito and Rep. David McKinley spent Monday morning touring Morgantown Utility Board’s wastewater treatment plant and visiting the construction site for the Richard Mine acid […]
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‘Straight-line wind’ storm destroys trees, damages buildings
No, it wasn’t a tornado. Even if Sunday night’s storm that mowed over trees and ripped away large portions of the roof at Hazel’s House of Hope acted like one […]
Hazel’s House of Hope condemned due to wind damage
MORGANTOWN — A terrible grinding and crunching. That’s how an employee of the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties described the sound that prompted her to pull the building […]
Free mentorship program helps female business owners Start, Scale, Succeed
Being a small business owner can be difficult anywhere, but finding someone to help when entering unknown territory can be particularly difficult in rural areas. Nora Myers, executive director of […]
George Washington at the landfill: Recycle Right Morgantown to host composting workshop next month
It’s as easy as taking out the trash, Tom Basden says. And it couldn’t be better for the environment. Basden, a specialist with WVU Extension, is talking about composting, which […]
Local nonprofits GoGo together on yogurt donation
Nearly 6,000 — That’s how many individual GoGo squeeZ yogurt pouches arrived on a pallet at Pantry Plus More in Westover Friday morning. The 5,940 yogurt pouches were donated to the […]
Annual FFA auction grows awareness of food and agricultural sciences
The next time you regard a supply chain-empty shelf in a grocery store, think about what just happened at Clay-Battelle High School. Ponder the gavel there that came down last […]
Capito, Manchin, McKinley offer support of Harmony Grove interchange project
MORGANTOWN — The push for approval of the new Harmony Grove interchange has gone federal. In an April 27 letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Senators Joe Manchin and […]
Child Abuse Awareness Walk pinwheels down High Street
“Love — Our kids. Inspire — Our kids. Protect — Our kids.” The call and response chants rang out from the Mountainlair green to the courthouse square on Thursday as […]
Justice and team celebrate Moderna request to vaccinate ages 6 and under; BA.2 grows and state cases increase
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice and his team celebrated the news that Moderna on Thursday asked the FDA to OK use of its vaccine for children ages 6 and under. […]
