MORGANTOWN — “Tell your judges to do their job.” That, Monongalia County Commission President Sean Sikora said, was the response the commission received from top West Virginia Department of Transportation […]
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First student- to-student virus case
Thursday’s positive COVID diagnosis of a Mountaineer Middle student may have given the school a pandemic designation Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. was hoping to avoid. “It looks like we’re probably […]
Police, WVU investigating St. Patrick’s parties for violations
A TV news reporter was accosted while filming Saint Patrick’s Day parties on North High Street’s frat row. The reporter was streaming live when a white man wearing a backwards […]
Chip Wamsley has no regrets after 40 years
MORGANTOWN – Chip Wamsley came to Morgantown to get a biology degree from West Virginia University. In fact, the Parkersburg native earned two degrees in biology, an undergraduate and a […]
Sunshine Week: The cost of COVID in Mon schools
This is one in a series of articles to mark Sunshine Week, which is a national initiative to educate the public about the importance of open government. The pandemic doesn’t […]
Bill to protect college campus free-speech rights heads to Senate floor
MORGANTOWN – A bill to protect free speech rights on college campuses met with unanimous approval in the Senate Education Committee on Thursday. SB 657 is called the Forming Open […]
Senate Judiciary hears testimony for and against congressional term limits amendment resolution, approves it
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Judiciary Committee took up and approved on Thursday a House resolution calling for a constitutional convention to approve Congressional term limits. While the subject has been […]
Morgantown City Council candidates discuss plans to address housing insecurity
MORGANTOWN —Three Morgantown City Council candidates gathered at the former Diamond Village encampment to bring awareness to housing insecurity and discuss plans to make housing more accessible. “I know we […]
Senate Judiciary OKs constitutional amendment proposal for Legislature to control personal property taxes
The Senate Judiciary gave its approval Thursday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would give the Legislature the power to control personal property tax rates. Opponents worry such a move […]
Senate approves education bill over objections it gives state superintendent dictatorial power over grievances
MORGANTOWN – A one-sentence bill updating century-old education law sparked fears on the Senate floor Thursday that it could turn the state schools superintendent into a dictator. It passed on […]
