Math Field Day is coming up for Monongalia County Schools. First, though, a run of the narrative numbers. For most of us civilians, the first wave of the pandemic put […]
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Legislators pass insulin copay, mining mutual insurance company bills
MORGANTOWN – Legislators passed bills on Wednesday to lower patient copays for insulin and devices to treat diabetes, to establish a Parkinson’s disease registry to enhance research at WVU, and […]
Mon Commission agrees to explore sale of health department property
MORGANTOWN — The WVU Health System wants the property upon which the Monongalia County Health Department sits, and the Monongalia County Commission is willing to have that conversation … again. […]
House committee approves bill to enable city voters to recall city ordinances; opponents fear attack on fairness laws
MORGANTOWN – Last week, House Political Subdivisions OK’d a bill that would allow county voters to overturn county ordinances. On Wednesday, the committee OK’d a companion bill to allow city […]
Preston voting precincts finalized
KINGWOOD — Some Preston County voters will cast ballots at new polling places in the upcoming May 10 primary elections. That’s because Preston County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to finalize […]
‘They’re resilient — more so than us’
If today isn’t another snow day, Monongalia County’s sixth-graders will roll up their sleeves for their second COVID shot. “That’s if the weather cooperates,” Deputy Schools Superintendent Donna Talerico told […]
Morgantown Council to consider property swap for Campus Drive realignment
MORGANTOWN — A property swap between the city of Morgantown and WVU is needed ahead of a state project to realign the intersection of Campus Drive and Beechurst Avenue. That […]
In voting rights battle, moderate Republicans allowed to duck issue
by Tonja Jacobi and Warren Snead At a time when Republican leadership has come to tolerate, or even embrace, Donald Trump’s “big lie,” 19 states have acted to subvert previously […]
A rabbi, a terrorist and the FBI
Is a terrorist a terrorist only when a law enforcement officer or politician says he is? Malik Faisal Akram entered a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, held four hostages, including the […]
West Virginia again scores 4 Fs and a D in American Lung Association smoking report
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia once again fared poorly for its tobacco-control policies in the American Lung Association’s 2022 State of Tobacco Control report released this week. Last year, the state […]
