MASONTOWN — Fire departments had just finished going through the Valley District Fair parade Thursday night when a fire was paged out in nearby Masontown. Preston 911 reported it paged […]
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Designs underway to improve I-79 Exit 155
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – According to West Virginia Division of Highways spokesman Brent Walker, design work is underway for improvements to Exit 155 (WVU/Star City) on I-79. Walker said the DOH is […]
County Commission contributes $17.6K to Valley View Avenue resurfacing, addresses Scotchell estate
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Monongalia County Commission made its contribution to the resurfacing of Valley View Avenue official on Wednesday, approving $17,690. Valley View connects to Willowdale Road across from Milan […]
Comcast program Internet Essentials opens to low-income households
No one has actually referred to the Internet as “the Information Superhighway,” since the late 1990s, or thereabouts. Even so, the resource and its digital environs is still part of […]
Cheat Lake hotel to open this fall
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown area’s latest hotel, The Cranberry, an 80-room hotel in Cranberry Square in the Cheat Lake area, should be open this fall, giving West Virginia University football […]
State police officer hospitalized after shooting
MARLINTON, W.Va. — A state police trooper was hospitalized after being shot in the stomach Monday evening in Pocahontas County. West Virginia State Trooper First Class Josh Tallman, from the Elkins […]
WVU Board of Governors green lights three construction projects
West Virginia University’s Board of Governors gave the green light to three major construction projects totaling $176 million at a special meeting Wednesday. At the top of the list is […]
Life saving medicine goes digital
A new website that offers Naloxone online may help stem the overdose crisis in West Virginia — and neighboring Pennsylvania — and save some lives in the interim, local health […]
Bluefield man arrested for trespassing at WVU Board of Governor’s meeting
A Bluefield man, who is suing West Virginia University for denying his Freedom of Information Request Act for documents explaining why he was not admitted to the law school, was […]
