KINGWOOD — State Transportation Secretary Tom Smith provided information as well as taking it in, during two days of touring Preston County last week. Smith and members of his staff, […]
Local News
Couple brings McFly Outdoors to Morgantown
MORGANTOWN — In October 2012, Mike McWhorter bought a 25,000-square-foot building in Horner, Lewis County, and McFly Outdoors was created. According to Kate Garton, McWhorter’s daughter, different things went into the […]
Farmer answers questions concerning the former Ramada Inn property
MORGANTOWN — In fielding questions about the recently announced effort to centralize area social services in the former Ramada Inn building on Scott Avenue, Stephen Farmer of the Hazel Ruby McQuain […]
House of Delegates passes budget with teacher pay raises, severance tax cut
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates passed a state budget that would include long-promised teacher pay raises as well as a $30 million severance tax cut for steam coal. The […]
Lawsuit: Woman claims hair care treatment left her with burn marks
MORGANTOWN — A hair care treatment at a Morgantown-area spa left a woman with second-and-third-degree burns on her head, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Monongalia County Magistrate Court. […]
Public tours site of proposed disc golf course at Coopers Rock
MORGANTOWN — Outdoor enthusiasts hiked through the snow Saturday morning to take a tour of a proposed disc golf course to be built at Coopers Rock State Park. The proposed […]
Letters to the editor: March 2
WVU administration’s stand on bill appalling WVU’s administration must forcefully ally itself with WVU faculty and students to act decisively to stop the campus carry bill (HB 2519): WVU should […]
Senator Capito on anti-Muslim display at GOP event: ‘I deplore what happened’
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s top-ranking Republican, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, says there’s no place for the kind of anti-Muslim display that was part of a “GOP Day” at the state […]
House Finance approves last-dollar-in community college grant bill
CHARLESTON – The House Finance Committee approved Friday evening a version of SB 1 – the last-dollar-in or “free community college” bill – slightly altered from what came over from […]
Senate suspends rules to pass handful of bills Friday; Education chair says House teacher raise bill still alive
CHARLESTON — The Senate unexpectedly passed a handful of bills Friday dealing with severance taxes, paper checks and a few other matters. There were no bills on third reading for […]
