This is a story partly about horses, a horsewoman and the most famous horse race of all, the Kentucky Derby. Which is why we’re opening with … fish. Specifically, the […]
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Ethics investigation will look at how city selected law firm
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia Ethics Commission is investigating whether City Attorney Ryan Simonton violated the Ethics Act by participating in the interview process that resulted in the selection of […]
Main Street Morgantown gets people downtown for Arts Walk
Carol Coffman spent 36 years in the classrooms of the Albert Gallatin School District, in Fayette County, Pa. Then she retired and picked up a camera, beginning what she calls […]
Lyme disease cases on the rise in West Virginia
Lyme disease cases are on the rise in West Virginia, compared to the same time a year earlier, state and local health officials said. As of July 24, there were […]
Large craters on W.Va. 7 filled, Pleasant Street set to be repaired Monday
A cavernous pothole on Powell Avenue, a stretch of W.Va. 7 shortly before it turns into Brockway Avenue, was patched on Thursday but not before it damaged at least two […]
River House Lodge offers intrigue
ROWLESBURG — Is the River House Lodge haunted? Tim Weaver said he is not a big believer in the paranormal but strange things happen in the three- story lodge. There’s […]
New hotel, steakhouse restaurant and saloon coming to Kingwood
KINGWOOD — It was a moment a dozen years in the making Thursday as the Peddicord family broke ground for a new hotel, steakhouse restaurant and saloon. Robby Peddicord, a […]
W.Va. leads nation in GDP growth for Q1
CHARLESTON — West Virginia topped the nation in growth of gross domestic product for the first quarter of 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. West Virginia’s nation-leading percent […]
MAP gets pushback for annex proposal
Task force plans to analyze the impact it has on businesses BY DAVE WILSON With a goal of trying to analyze the impact of Morgantown’s annexation plan on area businesses […]
Bikers fly high at 15th annual MountainFest Rally
A journey has its just rewards, so long as a right-cool vessel is involved. (The delivery system, don’t you know.) No, the above didn’t come from Sigmund Freud, or Peter […]
