BY MIKE NOLTING The Purpose2Action program at West Virginia University gives Pell-eligible students the opportunity to gain experience working with nonprofits while completing their education. Kristi Wood-Turner, director of the […]
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Critical thinking is losing to TikTok
We’ve seen contagions induced by social media before. But the sudden popularity of TikTok videos in which confused young people muse on the merits of Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to […]
I oversaw border protection. NYC and Chicago are doing what they can
by Gil Kerlikowske As America’s immigration crisis expands and evolves, migrants are being bused to urban centers in the interior of the U.S., putting an unprecedented strain on cities that […]
Costs of climate change are falling on states that can’t afford them
by LZ Granderson Between 2018 and 2022 many of the states with high rates of poverty — Oklahoma, New York — were also the states that suffered the most damage […]
‘I gotcha, Boss’: Old-time music community celebrates Travis Stimeling’s life
Chris Stimeling was a study in four-string stoicism that Sunday afternoon back in 2019. The middle-schooler was bearing down on his Epiphone bass guitar from one fixed spot on the […]
Shoppers showed up for Black Friday sales
On Friday, the Morgantown area was bustling with shoppers hoping to catch some of those Black Friday deals, but some stores were busier than others. Menard’s management said they had […]
Mon Power, Potomac Edison respond to criticisms leveled in their rate-hike plan
MORGANTOWN – Mon Power and Potomac Edison offered some defenses against criticisms leveled against them in one of their rate-hike cases, in a recent filing with the Public Service Commission. […]
City purchases property in Richwood redevelopment area
MORGANTOWN — Long before details of a 10-acre land deal and visions of redevelopment came to Richwood Avenue and the doorstep of downtown Morgantown, there was a glaring problem. Looking […]
A creative activity to keep the kids busy over Thanksgiving break
Are you looking for a fun activity for the kids to do while they are home on Thanksgiving Break? With the kids home for a few days, they will be […]
Residents don running shoes for annual holiday 5K
Not everyone spends Thanksgiving stuffing their faces and watching football. For the more active among us, there’s the annual Morgantown Turkey Trot, a 5K walk/run that Mixbook recently ranked one […]
