MORGANTOWN – Members of the WVU Student Government Association are pleased that Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito signed onto the bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act […]
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‘Kimi’ shows the darker side of science fiction
BY ALISE CHAFFINS Science fiction has been asking us to look at the dark side of artificial intelligence for a long time. Isaac Asimov gave us “The Three Laws,” and […]
Customer who found a screw in Primanti’s sandwich files lawsuit
Primanti Brothers Restaurant and Bar has been named as the defendant in a lawsuit filed in Monongalia County Circuit, which claims a man bit through a screw that was inside […]
Congress may rescue USPS from itself
by Timothy L. O’Brien The U.S. Postal Service is dysfunctional, timeworn, and hemorrhages billions of dollars a year. It’s also an essential operation that still knits communities together and helps […]
Covenant between Main St. consumer and big corps is collapsing
Word travels fast in places like Pittsburgh’s iconic small-business district filled with third- and fourth-generation family-owned businesses, the majority of which are centered on two things: relationships and food. Relationships […]
Political husband and wife pair retiring
KINGWOOD — Two of Preston County’s elected representatives, the Sypolts, won’t seek re-election and have decided to retire from the state legislature. There were a number of factors leading to […]
A look at bills introduced Friday, Feb. 11
MORGANTOWN – Here is a look at some of the bills introduced on Friday, Feb. 11. Local sponsors and cosponsors, if any, are noted. SB 620, to increase the maximum […]
State Senate adopts resolution rescinding 1972 ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
MORGANTOWN – A divided state Senate on Friday adopted a resolution to rescind the state’s prior ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. The fate of the ERA has been the […]
Mon students can roll up their sleeves for COVID boosters in coming days
Parents of Monongalia County middle school and high school students have until Feb. 18 to register their children for booster shots across the district to close out the month. The […]
Raising pigeons brings joy to Morgantown woman
MORGANTOWN — White doves, also known as homing pigeons, symbolize peace, innocence and gentleness. Folks in the area of Northwestern Avenue, off Willowdale Road, might just see the pigeons circling […]
