MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee spent five hours Thursday hashing over a bill to allow select teachers to serve as armed School Protection Officers in their buildings. HB 2364 […]
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Senate and House bills set the stage for carbon sequestration program in West Virginia
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Energy Committee approved a bill Thursday that supporters hope could put West Virginia on the cutting edge of environmentally friendly carbon sequestration technology. SB 622 sets […]
Former Mon BOE president gives failing grade to partisan school board election proposal
People elected to their county school boards across West Virginia already have a list of on-the-record mandates to which they must abide. Such as not pushing for family or friends […]
Preston parents upset about pro-vaccine message
KINGWOOD — Some Preston County parents are upset over the school district’s mask mandate and a health department visit to schools featuring a pro-vaccine message. At the Board of Education […]
Senate OKs House bill to erect child labor memorial in Fairmont, recognizing Monongah mine disaster
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate set the stage Thursday to erect a memorial to child labor and child workers who died on the job in Fairmont. Senators unanimously approved HB […]
Mon Sheriff’s Department remembers fallen colleague 10 years later
Dedicated. Family man. A character. Someone who could make you laugh. These are just a few ways Deputy Sgt. Michael Todd May is remembered by officers, staff and friends at […]
White Park continues to impact city, MUB relationship
MORGANTOWN — The 2019 drama between the city of Morgantown and the Morgantown Utility Board regarding White Park continues to impact the relationship between the city and MUB. That was […]
Area arrests
SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES Somerruk III, Paul Alexander, 49, of Morgantown, disorderly conduct, Feb. 5, Deputy Thompson. Cole, Jessica, 41, of Masontown, possession, Feb. 3, Deputy Hall. Lowdermilk, Christina Ann, 24, of […]
Biden’s $7B betrayal of Afghanistan
by Ruth Pollard Out of all the actions the Biden administration could have taken on Afghanistan, commandeering the nation’s foreign currency reserves is, to put it mildly, unhelpful. In an […]
Is America a racist country? We shouldn’t have to ask
Is America a racist country? As some of you will recall, Sen. Tim Scott answered that question in a speech last year with an emphatic no. He was promptly echoed […]
