A Morgantown High School senior who founded a literacy program for underserved youngsters across West Virginia and the globe has been named to the 2023 class of U.S. Presidential Scholars. […]
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Trolley-inspired buses among $4.5 million fleet update for Mountain Line
WESTOVER — Mountain Line is bringing the trolley back to downtown Morgantown. At least in spirit. The transit authority got a peek Wednesday at two of eight new vehicles rolling […]
You say you know your W.Va. history? There are more than 200 middle-schoolers now out there who probably know more than you do
Say you’re a West Virginian — born, bred and everything. Say you moved here for college and never left, thus claiming (and not unjustly) Wild, Wonderful as yours, too. Say […]
Transplant recipient Greg Sabak gets to the heart of matter for Mother’s Day (and every day)
It was easy, once he got those Aussie swirls figured out. “It’s the oil pattern,” Greg Sabak said. “They do theirs way different than we do on American lanes,” he […]
Mountaintop Beverage begins production in Morgantown Industrial Park
Got milk? Mountaintop Beverage does. Got a 330,000 square-foot state-of-the-art automated aseptic bottling facility capable of processing staggering amounts of raw dairy into an array of products with up to a […]
BOPARC approves $13.9 million budget for 2024 fiscal year
MORGANTOWN — The Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners approved a draft budget of $13,915,950 for Morgantown’s park system for the upcoming 2023-24 fiscal year. For perspective, the municipal budget […]
MUB looking at significant expansion of its central office
MORGANTOWN — Normally talk of expansion involving the Morgantown Utility Board involves components like pipes and pump stations. But a MUB project anticipated for 2024 will focus a little closer to […]
Road to recovery for juvenile assault victims requires support, resilience
For a child or teenager, processing a traumatic experience like sexual or physical abuse can be difficult and have lasting effects that change the course of their life. While prevention […]
Mon Commission to consider extension of property, sales tax districts
MORGANTOWN — More than 2.3 million square feet of new development, private investment in excess of $561 million and nearly 4,500 jobs. Those numbers represent the economic impact made to […]
In memory of ‘Father B’ — Catholic organization in Morgantown bestows its latest round of scholarships named in his honor
La Familia (and good grades, too). The late Rev. Colombo Bandiera — “Father B” to four generations of West Virginia’s Catholic community — was just as much about the principal’s […]
