They’ve been called pork, earmarks and, most recently, congressionally directed spending. Regardless of what these federal set-asides are called, they represent an opportunity for a long list of governmental bodies […]
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Tickets on sale for ‘Frozen’ at UHS: School among just 51 in the country granted exclusive rights to stage the Disney musical
University High School is hosting the hottest ticket in town next week. That’s when the UHS theater troupe stages “Frozen,” the live musical version of the Disney animated movie of […]
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MON SHERIFF Weber, Misti D., 46, domestic assault, destruction of property, March 11, Deputy Martin Jr. MORGANTOWN POLICE Baucan, Michael Allen, 41, possession, Feb. 28, Officer Iambamrung. WESTOVER POLICE Newberry, […]
Legislative pay raise revisited; and a look at other Saturday House of Delegates action
MORGANTOWN – Legislators will get a pay raise in 2025, but not as large as we reported in Sunday’s print edition. Senate action on SB 740 described on the Senate […]
Mon will have 6 magistrates in 2024; Preston to get second circuit judge
MORGANTOWN – Monongalia will have six magistrates following the 2024 election. And Preston County will have two circuit judges through a realignment of county circuits. Those changes come via a […]
Insulin copay and governor pay raise bills pass on last day of legislative session; TikTok bill dies
MORGANTOWN – Bills to cap insulin copays, give the governor and constitutional officers a raise, and to recognize an unborn child as a distinct victim in a DUI-causing-death crash all […]
Third Grade Success Act, bill to criminalize school staff sexual contact with students pass in closing hours of legislative session
MORGANTOWN – After a long day of haggling and back-and-forth amendments, the final version of the Third Grade Success Act passed in the final half hour of the last day […]
‘Our friendship will be always’: Friends remember the Tire Lady at her memorial service
MASONTOWN – Madison Wolfe kept fluttering her hands Saturday afternoon in the social hall at the Masontown Volunteer Fire Department. That was because people kept making the request. “Oh, my […]
Michael unopposed on the ballot in Morgantown’s 3rd Ward
MORGANTOWN — For the first time since the 2017 election, Morgantown’s 3rd Ward will have the name of a candidate on the ballot who wants to be elected. Louise Michael. […]
Nashville songwriter Kevin Major celebrates W.Va. roots with tunes about Jerry West and place
It was the existential angst of execution, the whole perception-vs.-reality thing, that plagued many a wannabe rock ‘n’ roller coming of age in the late 1970s. Back then, the pioneering […]
