This is a story partly about horses, a horsewoman and the most famous horse race of all, the Kentucky Derby. Which is why we’re opening with … fish. Specifically, the […]
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Main Street Morgantown gets people downtown for Arts Walk
Carol Coffman spent 36 years in the classrooms of the Albert Gallatin School District, in Fayette County, Pa. Then she retired and picked up a camera, beginning what she calls […]
Large craters on W.Va. 7 filled, Pleasant Street set to be repaired Monday
A cavernous pothole on Powell Avenue, a stretch of W.Va. 7 shortly before it turns into Brockway Avenue, was patched on Thursday but not before it damaged at least two […]
State medical cannabis program won’t be ready to roll on start date
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s medical cannabis program officially takes effect July 1. But patients and caregivers shouldn’t expect to be receiving their physician certification or program ID cards anytime soon, […]
Mylan shareholders approve board nominees, executive pay; support UAW ‘clawback’ proposal
MORGANTOWN — Mylan shareholders had their annual general meeting in Amsterdam on Friday and overwhelmingly approved election of the board of directors, including one additional member. They also approved, via […]
One education tax credit bill narrowly passes Finance; other one dies without a vote
CHARLESTON – The House Finance Committee spent just over two hours hashing over HB 168, the so-called Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship program, and barely passed it, with two Republican members […]
House of Delegates takes up education reform bills
CHARLESTON – With red-shirted teachers packing the galleries, hallways and meeting rooms, the House of Delegates convened Monday morning to take up education betterment. Both prominent Senate education bills fell […]
Catholic voices petition gains signatures; state AG’s lawsuit against diocese progresses
MORGANTOWN — The Lay Catholic Voices for Change petition is gathering signatures by the hour. Meanwhile, a lawsuit against the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston filed by the state attorney general continues […]
Alleged sex abuse and greed: 3 Catholic voices address the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese scandals
MORGANTOWN — They call themselves Lay Catholic Voices for Change and one of the words they use to describe their reaction to the unfolding sex abuse and financial mismanagement scandals […]
Lay Catholic group sends letter to Archbishop calling for change after Wheeling-Charleston Diocese scandals
MORGANTOWN – A group called Lay Catholic Voices for Change has submitted a letter to the Rev. William Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Wheeling […]
