CHARLESTON — Over just a few years, West Virginia’s court system built up a budget surplus of $29 million. Almost as quickly, while the Legislature was giving the Supreme Court […]
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Flood report questions if homes were built under reconstruction program
CHARLESTON — As West Virginia recognizes the two-year anniversary of a deadly flood, investigators issued a scathing report about contracts that were supposed to frame the state’s long-term response. West […]
Birder to speak as part of Nature Connection Series
MORGANTOWN — This week’s WVU Core Arboretum Nature Connection Series talk, titled Discovering Life Through Birds, will be at 6 p.m. June 26 at the arboretum amphitheater. Bill Beatty, consulting […]
SAFE Communities and police work together for sober shelter
This is the second part in a series on public intoxication. FAIRMONT — Though public intoxication has proved a major problem for police forces in Monongalia county, especially in Morgantown, […]
Officials share fireworks safety tips for people, pets
MORGANTOWN — Fireworks season is here and if you haven’t heard them already, you will soon. Jason Modlik, co-owner of Fireworks Planet, said he’s been operating a stand in Morgantown […]
MedExpress founder takes on new role as chairman
MORGANTOWN — MedExpress founder and Morgantown resident Dr. Frank Alderman has taken on a new role in the organization: moving from CEO to chairman. But that doesn’t mean he’ll have […]
Do top vacancies handcuff Commerce?
CHARLESTON — Where per capita income and gross domestic product still lag near the bottom nationally, West Virginia is running an economic development agency without its top three governmental leaders. […]
Lumberjacks flock to Morgantown for STIHL Timbersports competition and festival
MORGANTOWN — Arden Cogar Jr. comes from four generations of lumberjacks. His father worked as a notcher at Cherry River Lumber Company in Richwood from 1954-1957. “His job was to […]
Celebrate W.Va. events hosted throughout the weekend to honor 155 years
MORGANTOWN — A little bit of history, a lot of curiosity and a whole lot of fun. Still commemorating the birth of West Virginia, the Mountaineer Country Museums is holding […]
Publicly intoxicated individuals will no longer sleep it off in county jail
This is part one in a series on public intoxication. Part two will appear in Monday’s paper. FAIRMONT — Police forces in West Virginia no longer can let publicly intoxicated […]
