FAIRMONT — This is the fast-food jingle you know, even if you don’t know it. “Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed bun …” It […]
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MCHD’s Huggins: Rise of Lyme disease warrants greater response
MORGANTOWN — “Just looking at the graph, it’s pretty shocking. We’ve been saying all along that if COVID never came around, we’d be focused on Lyme disease. New cases are […]
MFD conducts rope rescue training at Arboretum
The hilly landscape of Morgantown, while beautiful, can create a tricky situation when someone has been injured or stranded on a steep incline and cannot be carried out. Members of […]
NIOSH offers miners free black lung screening at Mylan Park through Thursday
MORGANTOWN — Dozens of miners were at Mylan Park on Tuesday for National Mine Rescue Association’s mine rescue contest. On site to serve them was the NIOSH black lung screening […]
July 4 fire victims starting over after loss
A local first responder and his family are still piecing their life back together following a fire that destroyed their Westover home on July 4. After serving as a firefighter […]
Neighborhood comeback? Fairmont wants to re-imagine the Beltline
FAIRMONT — You don’t have to look very hard to see what Fairmont’s Beltline neighborhood once was. For decades, the Beltline was an industrial and community destination for the Marion […]
It’s official: Babydog is becoming a bobblehead
Just three days after her star-turn at the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin, Babydog has gotten the nod for her own bobblehead. “Babydog made a real impression in Milwaukee,” Phil […]
Don Knotts and The Metropolitan Theatre to take center stage in Morgantown for a shared birthday next week
“You got a uvula.” What’d he say? “They got a uvula.” Pardon me? “I got a uvula — all God’s children got a uvula.” Karen Knotts never knew what she […]
Cookin’ with the docs
A recently developed program through WVU Medicine Medical Weight Management is encouraging patients to add more vegetables to their diet while demonstrating simple recipes using healthy ingredients. For four weeks, […]
Seven decades of merit — at Camp Mountaineer
As a kid, Wes Metheney helped clear brush at Camp Mountaineer, when the 1,000-acre Boy Scout camp was taking form in the woods off Grafton Road, near Morgantown. “I grew […]
