With West Virginia having the highest rate of opioid deaths in the country, West Virginia University is using monies from the state to beef up training for social workers and […]
Latest News
Bond lowered for man accused of sexual assault
MORGANTOWN — Bond was reduced Monday for a man accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in a Westover motel parking lot. Judge Debra Scudiere agreed to reduce 50-year-old Kurtis […]
Question of marijuana distribution, growers will be left up to voters in Preston
KINGWOOD — Preston commissioners won’t put the question of whether a marijuana grower or distributor can locate in the county on the ballot unless voters request it. In that case, […]
Mon County moves forward with GIS technology
Monongalia County came late to the GIS, or geographic information system, party. Less than a decade ago, when far smaller and more rural counties had already switched over to digitized […]
BOPARC’s Arts in the Park program allows kids to engage in music, dance and more
BY CHRIS SCHULZ The Arts in the Park camp manages to pack a lot of creativity and fun into just one week. The Morgantown Board of Parks and Recreation (BOPARC) […]
Generation Morgantown hosts summer brewery tour
MORGANTOWN –Have you ever wondered where your happy hour beer came from? Bill Rittenour, head brewer and owner of Chestnut Brew Works said it can take two weeks for a […]
Plea deal dropped for convicted Preston murderer
KINGWOOD – An appeal hearing for convicted murderer Richard Knotts followed the withdrawal of a plea agreement Monday. At the hearing in Preston Circuit Court, Knotts, 58, continued to appeal, […]
Local options in place to help with border crisis
The crisis at the border has been a near daily topic of coverage ever since an April 2018 memo from then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions that directed all people illegally crossing […]
Keep tabs on city spending with fiscal transparency center
If you’ve ever wanted to easily view where Morgantown spends its money, how many households it has or what the average home value is, now you can, through its newly […]
Federal numbers show pain pills still flooding West Virginia
While there are ongoing efforts to stop the opioid crisis in West Virginia, the state is still being flooded with pain pills, according a federal database. “The widespread availability of […]
