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 […]
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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, […]
For the Fallen: Lt. Manown finally coming home from WWII
Together, they were their own war movie. Anthony Di Petta. Wilbur Archie Mitts. Jay Manown Jr. For generations, this trio of aviators was feared forever lost to World War II […]
Dudley Woodbridge’s spellbinding road trip to West Virginia
Did a Salem tourist conjure second thoughts in Morgantown? Stewart Williams started wondering that when he happened upon a certain footstone a few weeks back at Oak Grove Cemetery. Williams, […]
Morgantown church asks to lead non-congregate shelter project
MORGANTOWN — Inspired by mission work building similar structures in Honduras, a group from the Morgantown Church of Christ has come to the city proposing the construction of up to […]
Thursday is W.Va. Donor Day: Aims to raise awareness about importance of organ donation
Tammy Bishoff celebrates that letter. Because every time she re-reads it, she knows that Brayden, in essence, is still alive. Every time she re-reads it, she knows its author is […]
Mother’s love beyond the veil? Missing grave marker reawakens enduring mystery in Morgantown
Ron Rittenhouse blinked. And blinked again. “He just looked like he was sleeping,” the chief photographer of The Dominion Post said, remembering the day he saw little Harry Spitz in […]
