WESTOVER — Westover City Council newcomers Mark Gall and Randy Barnett joined fellow councilor Duane Tatar and Mayor Bob Lucci in kicking off four-year terms Monday evening as the city’s […]
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West Virginia Botanic Garden celebrates ‘a really special day for the garden’ with ribbon-cutting of new visitors center and gift shop
Monday saw the gathering of local organizations and community members to celebrate the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the West Virginia Botanic Garden’s (WVBG) new Equitrans Midstream Visitors Center. The event recognized […]
Fairmont police say no correlation between three human remains discoveries
A dead person discovered under a bridge in Fairmont is the third set of human remains found in Marion County in the last month and the fourth found in counties surrounding […]
Beer and bullets: Fairmont State student worries about the other side of Campus Carry law
FAIRMONT – It’s the last part of Gov. Jim Justice’s earlier quote that was giving graduate student Taylor Tennant pause Monday on the campus of Fairmont State University. When Justice […]
Three admit guilt in multi-state drug ring
In February, an investigation by the Mon Metro Drug Task Force resulted in a major drug bust leading to federal drug trafficking charges against 25 individuals, 12 of whom are […]
Why require license for jobs that don’t involve driving?
When Kirsten Bladh was searching for a job in urban planning she was surprised that nearly all the public sector listings she saw required a driver’s license, even though these […]
Crime labs are drowning in work. That hurts us all
by Stephen L. Carter In 2013, a chemist named Annie Dookhan pleaded guilty to multiple charges relating to allegations that she’d falsified results while working at a laboratory that performed […]
As conservatives target same-sex marriage, its power is getting clearer
by Abbie E. Goldberg It’s been two years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs case that overturned the federal right to an abortion, and the troubling concurring […]
Women history forgot (Part 2)
Last month we discussed how the Founding Fathers quashed the opportunity for equal rights under the guise of independence. As John Adams responded to his wife Abigail in 1776, “we […]
Should ‘skiplagging’ to get a cheaper flight be banned?
by Sheldon H. Jacobson Summer air travel is in full swing, and people are getting ticket shock at what it costs to fly. Airlines use a complex system to price […]
