In Morgantown, where just as many townie kids stay as their classmates who move on, it’s not uncommon to encounter an old teacher from high school in the checkout lane […]
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Former Camp Muffly superintendent facing embezzlement charge tied to park rentals
MORGANTOWN — Former Camp Muffly Superintendent Misty Seum is facing one felony count of embezzlement tied to rental payments accepted for park services. According to court records, the Monongalia County […]
County jail bills going up in 2022
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission allocated $2.25 million in its current spending plan to cover the cost of housing the county’s prisoners in the North Central Regional Jail. But […]
“Lights On!” for cake-decorating fun at Westwood
It was the icing on the cake for Colby Geisel Thursday afternoon at Westwood Middle School. “That looks good, huh?” the 6th-grader said. “I think that’s as good as we’re […]
Oct. 29 letters to the editor
A lost opportunity — for Manchin and for us? Manchin is not your iconic conservative Democrat, one who insists on paying for changes that promote social progress. Conservative, sure, in […]
What Joe Manchin doesn’t want
I usually get one or two calls a week from national reporters who are doing stories about Joe Manchin. Typically, this question comes up concerning the ongoing budget negotiations: “So, […]
Capito fields questions on Build Back Better, inflation under President Biden
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., fielded questions from members of the West Virginia press Thursday. Several of them dealt with the newly scaled-down Build Back Better framework and […]
Preston County employee raise becomes official
KINGWOOD — Preston County employees will receive a combined $220,585 increase in annual salary after the Preston County Commission unanimously voted to approve the raise at a special meeting on […]
Local leaders promote green energy portion of Biden’s scaled-down Build Back Better framework
MORGANTOWN – As President Biden came before America Thursday morning to outline his scaled-down Build Back Better framework, some local delegates and other leaders had gathered at the WVU law […]
WVU Medicine to offer COVID booster shot clinic Oct. 29
MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine will offer Pfizer-BioNTech booster COVID vaccines from 8 a.m.- noon Friday at its vaccine clinic in the former Sears location at the Morgantown Mall. Vaccines will […]
