You can still hit a home run with two strikes. That’s what Monongalia County Schools chief Eddie Campbell Jr. is hoping for these days, now that lawmakers are reconsidering funding […]
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Hubcaps on a pole: Spring is coming to Morgantown
They call it “The Rim Reaper.” That would have been a perfect opening for this story — an ominous nickname for the wooden pole that stands waiting, watching and collecting […]
Senate passes House bills regarding PROMISE, porn sites, solar sites, school security guards as session enters final days
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate moved through a series of House bills on Thursday, as both chambers head into the 60th and final day of the session on Saturday. Here […]
Launch of Artisan Entrepreneurship Program supports business Growth
A cohort of 22 creative entrepreneurs have been selected into a new program to help grow their businesses, access studio and retail space, and build relationships in the community. The […]
State employee pay raises would be tied to personal income tax trigger in Senate bill
The Senate Finance Committee advanced a pay raise bill for public employees, but with a twist. The Senate’s version of the bill would tie an average 4% raise for public […]
Senate Health passes vaccination exemption bill
The Senate Health Committee advanced a bill that loosens some of West Virginia’s school vaccination requirements, with the chairman saying he wouldn’t have run it if he’d had a choice […]
WVU Medicine Children’s, PBS team up for reading event
Patients were invited to the Hostetler Family Resource Center at WVU Medicine Children’s to read a book with School Intervention Specialist Courtney Cook and therapy dog Atlas, as part of […]
The economy depends on immigrants
by Steven Roberts “The Economy Is Roaring. Immigration Is a Key Reason,” reads a headline in the Washington Post. But Gallup reports, “Immigration Surges to Top of Most Important Problem […]
Thank Alabama for embryo honesty
I’m not here to join the mockery of Alabama for declaring that embryos are children — and, therefore, in vitro fertilization clinics must protect them forever. On the contrary, I […]
Day 2 of Moore murder trial – Romano gives his version of events
The trial for one of the men accused in the May 2022 murder of Matthew Moore continued Wednesday with opening statements from attorneys and testimony from 10 people. Cleotis Cortez-Paul […]
