The Senate Judiciary gave its approval Thursday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would give the Legislature the power to control personal property tax rates. Opponents worry such a move […]
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Senate approves education bill over objections it gives state superintendent dictatorial power over grievances
MORGANTOWN – A one-sentence bill updating century-old education law sparked fears on the Senate floor Thursday that it could turn the state schools superintendent into a dictator. It passed on […]
Senate Health Committee OKs bill to add edible medical cannabis to list of permissible forms
MORGANTOWN – While West Virginia has yet to see any medical cannabis sold, the 5-year-old program took another small step forward Thursday with the addition of edible cannabis to the […]
We’re Hiring! Multiple Carrier Routes
WE’RE HIRING! Multiple newspaper carrier routes available now! Motor Route, most positions must have AWD & reliable back-up. Route 1 Area: N. Preston Hwy, Valley Point, Albright Streets: N. Preston […]
Handling classes, work during the outbreak of March Madness
After an unplanned year off in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament – colloquially known and branded as March Madness – is back […]
A Year of Living in a Pandemic
Two years before, and you may have thought a movie crew was filming a scene for a sci-fi contagion thriller. Worried people behind the wheel, steering and snaking their cars […]
SUNSHINE WEEK: Morgantown pays police chiefs about national average
This is one in a series of articles to mark Sunshine Week, which is a national initiative to educate the public about the importance of open government. In his last […]
Budget ‘death spiral’ increasing likely
by Chris Reed “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money,” Alexis de Tocqueville supposedly said after an […]
Stopping climate change is the ultimate moon shot
As a pandemic hijacked the nation’s attention, we pushed aside other, even bigger problems. But now that COVID-19 is being cornered, the crisis of climate change is returning to page […]
St. Patrick’s Day brings another COVID case, quarantines to Mon Schools
Lucky, or unlucky? Depends on your perspective, Eddie Campbell Jr. said Wednesday. The superintendent of Monongalia County’s school district spent part of St. Patrick’s Day addressing another case of COVID-19 […]
