FAIRMONT – Gabby Petito was distraught and crying that August afternoon in 2021 in Moab, Utah, when and where police had just pulled her van over for speeding. Officers observed […]
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Pool passes, leaky Wiles Hill roof among BOPARC talking points
MORGANTOWN – The birds are singing. The potholes are growing. BOPARC is selling pool passes. Don’t check the extended forecast, just believe – it’s almost spring in Morgantown. During Wednesday’s […]
Making connections at UHS: Students construct electrical circuits, mini-robots in learning exercise
MORGANTOWN – With their like-sounding names, Bayleigh Hartley and Shayleigh Boring were twin power plants of resourcefulness Thursday morning at University High School. “There’s the light,” Bayleigh said as she […]
Morgantown Parking Authority cuts ties with contractor as project lingers
MORGANTOWN – Some nine months after a six-week project to repair one of the Morgantown Parking Authority’s busy downtown lots began, the work is still not complete. The L-shaped lot […]
Trailblazers on the Mat: Girls’ wrestling earns sanctioned status in West Virginia
HUNTINGTON — Inside the Marshall Health Network Arena in Huntington last weekend, history quietly unfolded on the wrestling mats. In just six hours, the West Virginia Girls State Invitational Championships […]
Fatal accident in Marion County still being investigated
FARMINGTON – The accident that led to the death Tuesday of a Farmington toddler remains under investigation, Marion County Sheriff Roger Cunningham said. Ahmya Hodgson, 2, was struck by a […]
Education levy backers pushing for affirmative vote in May
MORGANTOWN – Monongalia County Board of Education members were the choir Frank Vitale was preaching to earlier this week. By the time he’s done, he said, he wants all of […]
Commission approves sizable tax exoneration for Bitcoin mining site
MORGANTOWN – A ruling from the West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals regarding the taxation of personal property for data centers and other “high technology” businesses is going to cost […]
Sinkhole underscores next phase of Popenoe Run stormwater efforts
MORGANTOWN – While the Morgantown Utility Board is still awaiting a preliminary engineering report expected to arrive in the coming weeks, initial returns on the condition of stormwater infrastructure along […]
Pierpont aviation student nets national recognition
FAIRMONT – Jahkari Mesidor is flying high these days. Mesidor, an aviation maintenance student at Pierpont Community and Technical College, was named a New Century Workplace Pathway Scholar – after […]
