Nearly two years ago, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine unified European nations, reinvigorated the trans-Atlantic alliance and forged a spirit of rare bipartisanship in Washington. Now that resolve is fraying. […]
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What got lost in obesity drug hype
by Lisa Jarvis This year, the incredible potential of obesity medicines like Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound started to come into view. The drugs work so […]
Mine eyes have seen the glory of reading on paper
New Year’s resolution: Read more books. I don’t mean books on screens, which I do read. I don’t mean audiobooks, which I listen to. I mean books printed on compressed […]
Driving ambition: Morgantown’s Tony Palmer now a NASCAR chief engineer
The ink was barely dry on his WVU diploma when Tony Palmer floored it for Charlotte on that June day 14 years ago. Well, for the record, he didn’t exactly […]
Morgantown’s downtown fire station moving to Don Knotts Boulevard
MORGANTOWN – Morgantown Fire Department Station 1 has called South High Street home since 1954. That’s about to change. The city announced Wednesday that the empty lot at the corner […]
Westover traffic stop leads to drug arrest
A traffic stop on Monday at approximately 12:30 a.m. in Westover resulted in the arrest of a Monongalia County woman after police allegedly found multiple illegal substances in her vehicle. […]
Injured trooper out of ICU awaiting word on arm surgery
Injured State Police Trooper Abe Bean is out of intensive care and waiting on word about an upcoming arm surgery. Bean and fellow Trooper Cadin Spessert were injured in a […]
Manchin to kick off exploration of the political middle with N.H. appearance
Sen. Joe Manchin’s search for the political middle is taking him to an early presidential primary state next month. Manchin is set to appear Jan. 12 at a “Politics & […]
Giuliani’s fall won’t stop the GOP’s voter fraud farce
by Francis Wilkinson A federal jury’s $148 million judgment in a Georgia defamation case was only nominally about a hapless has-been named Rudolph Giuliani. The former New York mayor, whose […]
Ignorance and apathy
The joke is told about a poll taker who asks about ignorance and apathy in the country. “I don’t know, and I don’t care,” says the respondent. The consequences of […]
