DANIELS — Four guys vying to be West Virginia’s next governor fired verbal shots at each other, declared themselves to be the most effective conservative and offered glimpses into policy […]
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Crowd comes out to cheer city’s PODA passage
MORGANTOWN — It’s not often that applause breaks out at a Morgantown City Council meeting. It happened Tuesday. With a unanimous vote, council adopted the ordinance creating a Planned […]
Morgantown Fire Local 313: Firefighter checks wrong under new pay system
MORGANTOWN — Chuck Campbell, president of the Morgantown City Firefighters Union Local 313, said pay for city firefighters has been messed up since the city moved to the new Paylocity […]
Trump’s NATO rants make U.S. weaker
by Jonah Goldberg On Sept. 12, 2001, 24 hours after the 9/11 attacks, representatives of the then-19- member North Atlantic Treaty Organization, convened to invoke Article 5 of the NATO […]
Let us pray: When politicians misuse Scripture
The number of President Biden’s gaffes and flip-flops on issues would fill a book, but he combined several categories of verbal meanderings at last week’s National Prayer Breakfast. The gathering […]
A sampling of bills introduced Tuesday, Feb. 6
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Tuesday, Feb. 6. Local sponsors and cosponsors are noted.
Rita Tanner: Appreciation of place, sense of community
Rita Tanner played a mean game of badminton. She regularly nailed the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle. In pen, no less. At her professional peak as a Realtor, she […]
Driver charged with DUI after allegedly hitting suspected panhandler
The driver accused of hitting a suspected panhandler on Monday afternoon at the Venture Drive/Cheat Road intersection has been charged with driving under the influence causing bodily injury. Monongalia County sheriff’s […]
House, Senate move measures dealing with voting and students
MORGANTOWN – A voting measure and a handful of bills dealing with students and students’ healthcare cleared the House and Senate on Tuesday. HJR 21 proposes a constitutional amendment to […]
Senate health moves bill to prohibit smoking in a vehicle containing kids
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Tom Takubo told his colleagues on the Health Committee on Tuesday that he had nearly thrown in the towel on his perennial bill to prohibit smoking in […]
