MORGANTOWN — A representative of the West Virginia Division of Highways said samples taken by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection showed no evidence the acid spill that closed […]
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Of reverse-engineering and Rice Krispies: Netflix winner to judge W.Va. culinary competition for career tech students
Last year’s winning team created a gingerbread boat (edible, save for a rudder and other necessary aquatic ingredients), which then delivered a bevy of desserts (definitely edible), by way of […]
Waving the wheat in Almost Heaven
You have to chalk it up to Kansas football fans for sheer cheer-inventiveness. That’s because one person doing it looks like he’s trying to direct traffic after a fender-bender. While […]
Smoke detector blitz to target Westover, Star City, Granville
According to statistics from the National Fire Protection Association, the death rate from house fires is 60% lower in homes with properly installed and functioning smoke detectors. Simply put, smoke […]
Health officials and COVID: Be cognizant and considerate
Will this past weekend in north-central West Virginia be the one that turns out to be a super-spreader for COVID? That’s what Ed Abbott of the Monongalia County Health Department […]
W.Va. glassmaking on display in February at Fairmont State
FAIRMONT — You could see right through one of north-central West Virginia’s top industries in the 20th century. Well, through a lot of it, anyway. The industry was glass-making. In […]
A person who won’t be in Morgantown for the game
One of Brian Kiehl’s last phone conversations with Franco Harris was about Saturday’s WVU-Penn State football game in Morgantown. Kiehl, for the record, ended up laughing in the ear of […]
Mon students are off Friday due to WVU-Penn State
Monongalia County Schools is canceling classes Friday in anticipation of the traffic crush in Morgantown for Saturday’s WVU-Penn State match-up at Milan Puskar Stadium. “We’ve been talking with MECCA and […]
WVU Insect Zoo: a hidden gem demonstrating the beauty and complexity of the insect world
In the basement of WVU Davis College’s Agricultural Sciences Building, creatures of the night lurk, gnawing on leaves and decaying matter, hissing and clicking, growing in size and number. It’s […]
Remembering Jean Friend: Getting it right, and on the record, for 63 years as Mon’s circuit clerk
It was a tale of two addresses for Jean Friend, the longtime circuit clerk of Monongalia County who died Aug. 14 in Morgantown at the age of 95. Two addresses, […]
