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What are the rules for this Halloween?
by Nicholas Goldberg I live on one of those Los Angeles streets where kids and their families come from all around the city to trick or treat. On a typical […]
Harris and the Hatch Act
Vice President Kamala Harris, who appears to be in the witness protection program when it comes to her assigned role of restoring our southern border, has re-surfaced in a video […]
Resonance Festival not returning to Preston County
KINGWOOD — The Resonance Music Festival does not anticipate returning to Preston County because of what a festival organizer characterized as “mistreatment” by law enforcement. That’s according to Zack Szabo, […]
WVU Medicine, Mon Health change employee vaccine deadlines following Legislature’s passage of exemption bill
MORGANTOWN – In the wake of the vaccine exemption bill the state Legislature passed last week, and soon-expected vaccine mandates from OSHA and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, […]
16-year-old indicted for shooting, killing his dad
A 16-year-old son who allegedly shot and killed his father on March 28 was indicted Monday, along with his mother, for first-degree murder, by the most recent Preston County grand […]
Mon Democratic Party issues statement urging Manchin to support $3.5T Build Back Better Act, ending filibuster
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Democratic Executive Committee on Monday evening unanimously endorsed a statement urging Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., to support President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better […]
An injustice of miscarriage lands woman in prison
Criminalizing a woman for suffering a miscarriage seems unfathomable and even barbaric. But that is exactly what happened earlier this month in a Lawton, Okla., courtroom. When Brittney Poolaw, a […]
Corporate misconduct increases after local newspapers shut down, says study
by Michael Smolens The closure of local newspapers across the country over the years has been coupled with concern about how public officials would behave without the community watchdog looking over […]
Why didn’t I learn about disordered eating? My schools failed me
by Juliet Fang I first heard the term “hypothalamic amenorrhea” — a condition in which people stop menstruating from excessive exercise, stress, weight loss, or a combination of these factors […]
