The family of a local man last seen in Morgantown in January are desperately trying to find any information on his whereabouts. James Roy Weaver, 48, was last seen on […]
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Morgantown agency moving to acquire Pennsylvania Avenue properties
MORGANTOWN — The formation of the Morgantown Land Reuse and Preservation Agency was finalized in January 2019, making it the first of its kind in West Virginia. It opened with […]
WVU campus food pantry adds new location, combats student food insecurity
West Virginia University’s student food pantry, The Rack, has sought to provide accessible resources to students facing food insecurity since 2010. Last month marked the opening of its third location […]
Senate again passes bill to allow small counties to impose recreation fee to fund fire, EMS
MORGANTOWN – The Senate is once again trying to give small rural counties a tool to fund their fire and EMS services. SB 167 was among the bills that passed […]
CROWN Act, prohibiting racial discrimination based on hair, gets punted to Senate Finance after floor debate
MORGANTOWN – The resurrected CROWN Act came to the Senate floor Friday morning, after narrowly passing out of Judiciary the evening before, only to be swatted back to another committee […]
State reports avian flu case
CHARLESTON — An avian flu case has been confirmed in Kanawha County. The state Department of Health said it’s the first case of avian flu, H5N1, in a non-commercial backyard […]
Screen time can benefit your child’s learning skills
Ever since I had kids, I have heard the debate onwhether screen time is appropriate for young children. One side of the debate says screen time creates short attention spans […]
Social Security tax exemption bill eagerly passed by House of Delegates
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed a bill that would phase out state income taxes on Social Security benefits. The legislation would build on a 2019 bill signed […]
Pay raise bills advance
CHARLESTON — Pay raise bills for educators, state police and non-uniformed corrections workers were advanced through the House Finance Committee. “It’s basically the governor’s pay raise bill as he proposed […]
No, Trump does not equal Navalny
by Jonah Goldberg Alexei Navalny didn’t simply die. He wasn’t just murdered. He was tortured to death. It didn’t happen on the rack or mid-beating, but Vladimir Putin — who […]
