Jackson County Health Department confirmed Wednesday evening the state’s second coronavirus-related death. It was the first such death in that county. The patient had several underlying health issues and died […]
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Chestnut Ridge Easter services moved online
Chestnut Ridge Church will hold all Easter services exclusively online. The gospel message is presented by Pastor Tim Haring. Three identical services will be broadcast online in celebration of Easter. […]
Feds announce more than $5 million settlement with Jim Justice companies for mine-safety violations
U.S. Thomas T. Cullen and Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration David G. Zatezalo announced Wednesday a settlement between the United States and a group […]
Some CARES Act highlights: Those $1,200 checks and more
MORGANTOWN – U.S. Senate staff this week offered a briefing and handouts on some of the details of the recently passed coronavirus stimulus and relief bill, called the CARES Act. […]
Mon Commission declares a state of emergency, provides funds for feeding programs
MORGANTOWN — During a meeting in which it declared Monongalia County in a state of emergency due to COVID-19, the Monongalia County Commission approved up to $20,453 in emergency funding […]
Gov. Justice moves primary election to June, revises return-to-school date
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday morning that he has moved the primary election date form May 12 to June 9. Also, the return-to-school date has moved from April […]
VFW packs free lunches for kids, elderly in Westover and Granville
Veterans of Foreign Post 9916 provide food for kids, elderly Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9916, in Westover, is providing free bag lunches for the elderly and kids in the […]
Coronavirus stimulus bill and the dark hole of debt
It is not cognitive dissonance — the impossibility of holding two or more contradictory beliefs simultaneously — to favor the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed […]
COVID-19 changes everything, even politics
At some point — certainly not by Easter and maybe not by Easter 2021 — we will have enough space to look back and consider what we learned from the […]
Chief Preston: Morgantown residents are heeding COVID-19 restrictions
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston said the residents of Morgantown have been largely compliant with Governor Jim Justice’s stay-at-home-order, which he identifies as a more effective tool than […]
