BY MIKE NOLTING Preparations are full go for the Monongalia County school year. Classes begin for most students on Aug. 23. “If you’re not sure what school you’re supposed to […]
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United Way processing kitchen opens in Preston
United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties hosted an open house for its new Processing Kitchen Monday. The kitchen is the latest addition to its Helpful Harvest Food Program, which […]
WVU provides numbers on proposed faculty cuts; campus community reacts to plan
MORGANTOWN – Responses began pouring in over the weekend to WVU’s proposal to discontinue 32 of 338 Morgantown campus majors and cut 169 faculty positions. Before we share some of […]
Star City VFD on the verge of closing due to financial situation
Monongalia County’s largest-and-busiest volunteer fire department is in a dire financial situation and has reached out to the Monongalia County Commission in an effort to keep its engines running. During […]
Suspect crashes vehicle in Marilla Park after fleeing from MPD traffic stop
A Westover man is in custody at North Central Regional Jail following a brief police pursuit in Morgantown on Sunday evening. According to Morgantown Police Department officials, the pursuit began […]
Local contractor wants to (re)make history in Greenmont
This is a story about possibly the oldest rental property in Morgantown. Which, naturally, begins with the discovery of an empty whiskey bottle in another house, not quite as old, […]
New tool promises WVU researchers a literal inside look
A new state-of-the-art imaging and analysis tool at West Virginia University will give researchers the ability to get a true inside look at their research. A $2.5 million Congressionally Directed Spending […]
Powell: Too soon to gauge impact of city’s training facility
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Police Chief Eric Powell said it’s simply too early to tell if the acquisition of the former Defense in Depth indoor gun range and training facility will […]
A look at the preliminary recommendations for WVU Academic Transformation
MORGANTOWN – Following Friday’s announcement by the WVU provost’s office of the Academic Transformation preliminary recommendations, we offer here a department-by-department look at the recommendations. The provost sent letters to […]
Local Goodwill locations lessen environmental footprint, break down barriers to employment
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, some of the largest sources of municipal solid waste include clothing, furniture, footwear and other nondurable goods like bedding. And across the […]
