West Run Road, near Point Marion Road, will be closed due to drilling Monday through Friday, according to Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer. The road will be closed from 7 […]
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Funeral costs continue to rise and prepaying guards against inflation
Forty percent of Jason Smith’s business comes from pre-paid funerals. And that number is steadily increasing, said Smith, owner of Smith Funeral & Cremation Care in Westover. “Pre-paid funerals are […]
Trump’s plan to cut SNAP benefits could harm thousands
More than 3,400 households in Monongalia County could lose government assistance for basic food needs if a government plan to curtail the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP for short, […]
Police chief: Downtown issues face everyone
Whether it’s due to overdoses, public intoxication, arrests, mental health calls or frequent rides to the hospital, Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston said there are individuals frequenting the downtown with […]
WVU students host ‘Climate Solutions Fair’
While large marches through the streets of major cities caught global attention, Morgantown took its own approach to the global, youth-led climate strike on Friday. Mountaineers attended a “Climate Solutions […]
Morgantown Marathon returns Sunday
As the old “Saturday Night Live” sketch with Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken decreed, there are times in life … when you’ve just gotta have more cowbell. Especially if you’re […]
Arraignments include Morgantown Motel robbery, Sheetz parking lot attack
Twenty-three defendants in cases assigned to Judge Debra Scudiere following their indictments by the September 2019 term of the Monongalia County grand jury appeared in court pleaded not guilty on […]
W.Va. jobless rate drops to 4.6%
West Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.6% in August, the lowest for the state since October 2008 when it was 4.4%, Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday. “Businesses are […]
Judge Scudiere kicks off election campaign
Judge Debra Scudiere used to start her talks by telling her follow attorneys how much she loved being a lawyer. “Now that I’m in my dream job I can sincerely […]
County to review subdivision regulations
An issue that has veered in and out of the pubic eye since the late 1960s is about to make a return. Monongalia County Planning Director Andrew Gast-Bray told the […]
