KINGWOOD — John and Patty Fretwell were but two of the many people who turned out to enjoy the Preston County Music and Arts Festival on Saturday. The Fretwells, who […]
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W.Va. veteran reacts to Korean War remains returning to U.S.
ST. ALBANS — Among the 50 sets of human remains returned to U.S. soil, some may be missing-in-action soldiers who fought alongside Jim DeCarlo more than six decades ago. As […]
Riders at poker run honor sheriff’s sergeant who died
MORGANTOWN — MountainFest may be over, but another large group of Harley-Davidson motorcycles rumbled through Morgantown on Saturday afternoon, this time in honor of a fallen friend. For the seventh […]
Morgantown Police yet to encounter a 3D-printed gun, despite new trend
MORGANTOWN — A lot of people are talking about guns and gun control in 2018 and recently the conversation gained a new angle — 3D-printed guns. Keith Morris, Ming Hsieh […]
Majority of campaign funds for U.S. Senate seat candidates came from contributions from other states
MORGANTOWN — From mid-April through June, the campaigns for West Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat were only marginally supported by West Virginians. For incumbent Democrat Joe Manchin, 95.4 percent of his […]
Downtown Morgantown business owners: ‘String of business closures not new’
MORGANTOWN — “If you’re not on High Street, you might as well be on a different planet,” said Charles McEwuen, senior business owner of Tanner’s Alley Leather Design Studio. In […]
Preston Memorial Hospital adds Orthopedic Surgery Department
KINGWOOD — Preston Memorial Hospital is adding an Orthopedic Surgery Department. The Orthopedic Surgery Department consists of three general orthopedists trained to deliver a wide range of services. Each has […]
WVU Heart and Vascular Institute participates in clinical trial for heart device
MORGANTOWN — The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute was the first site in the United States to actively enroll patients in an innovative clinical trial to treat mitral valve disease. […]
WVU neuroscience professor receives NIH grant to study effect of serotonin in fruit flies
MORGANTOWN — Andrew Dacks, assistant professor of neuroscience in the Department of Biology, received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct research at WVU on […]
WVU professor receives research grant to study cancer growth
MORGANTOWN — What do one in five breast cancers have in common? Large amounts of a protein called HER2 (or human epidermal growth factor receptor 2). “Every healthy cell produces […]
