A workshop on green burial options and possibilities is set for 7:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 429 Warrick St., Morgantown. Those interested may also attend via Zoom. […]
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Gov.: No $465M ‘clawback’ of federal funds
Gov. Jim Justice said the U.S. Department of Education has approved a waiver for the state’s level of schools funding in relation to pandemic relief funds. “As I said all […]
Govs. should be wary to discourage unionization
In an unusual joint statement, the Republican governors of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Tennessee assailed the United Auto Workers union as it proceeds with a unionization vote […]
Stop saying ‘immigrants do jobs Americans don’t want to do’
by Fernanda Santos The deaths of six immigrant workers in the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26 sparked the kind of collective empathy that usually follows […]
Civic engagement should not be performed ‘All By Myself’
by Sam Daley-Harris With the death of singer-songwriter Eric Carmen last month and Earth Day yesterday, I got to thinking about Carmen’s song “All By Myself” and how deeper forms […]
Feds come to Richard Mine to announce $140.7 million for acid mine drainage treatment for WV
MORGANTOWN – Federal officials came to the Richard Mine acid mine drainage treatment plant on Monday to announce the second round of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for abandoned […]
Federal officials tour newly online Richard Mine AMD treatment plant
MORGANTOWN – The new Richard Mine acid mine drainage treatment plant began operation last week, and on Monday, officials from the U.S. Department of Interior and the Office of Surface […]
W.Va. fourth in U.S. for pre-K education
It’s the kind of educational ranking West Virginia officials actually don’t mind reading about or talking about. That’s because the Mountain State has just placed near the top in the […]
Mountain State Justice files suit over Morgantown ‘panhandling’ law
MORGANTOWN — Mountain State Justice, a statewide nonprofit legal services and advocacy organization, has filed suit against the city of Morgantown in the Northern District of West Virginia, claiming the city’s […]
One dead following Cheat Lake shooting incident
One woman is dead following a shooting incident on Falling Water Lane the evening of April 19. According to a press release authorized by Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer, deputies […]
