B … Y … Yinz. Julie Russin has lived and worked in a couple of different places in the country and she’s a proud graduate of Brigham Young University. Even […]
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Morgantown gearing up for ‘rapid response’ pedestrian projects
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Staff Engineer Drew Gatlin said residents across the city will see a slate of small, relatively inexpensive pedestrian improvements implemented in the coming months. Speaking before Morgantown […]
Gourds, go long: Ridgedale Elementary stages annual pumpkin drop
What’s that? You think you might be in the market for an adept engineer or sharp payload specialist … say, 15 years from now? Well, don’t go out of your […]
Start a new tradition by donating old toys
With Halloween officially over and trick-or-treating done, now we move on to our kids asking about Christmas. Anyone else? My little girl has been asking for things for Christmas and […]
Bikers, Bros & Bo achieves $100,000 scholarship fund with YCF
Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia Inc. (YCF) announced a significant, additional donation from Bikers, Bros & Bo Inc. to the PFC Andrew Martin “Bo” Harper Memorial Scholarship […]
Preston County’s new magistrate sworn in
KINGWOOD — Preston County’s newest magistrate was sworn in Friday afternoon. Peggy Pase was sworn in by Circuit Court Judge Stephen Shaffer. She will finish the term left vacant by […]
Abraham: Requested information secured at Southern Regional Jail
CHARLESTON — Justice administration Chief of Staff Brian Abraham said Thursday he’s hopeful a federal judge will consider evidence about conditions at the Southern Regional Jail is now secure and […]
When accountability goes, so does legitimacy
by Kevin Frazier “I’m just the middle guy.” It seems like a harmless and justifiable excuse. But when entire companies, governments and communities become dominated by “middle guys” working for […]
Federal judge blasts W.Va. corrections officials for destroying, losing evidence
Judicial orders are often a dry read — technical and sprinkled with references to relevant court cases. Naturally, they are meaningful to the lawyers involved, but to a layperson, me […]
Advocate for special-needs students: ‘The system is broken’
More training. More access. More accountability. Saying the above out loud only takes about three seconds. However, it’s taken Christina Smith a decade to get that trio of directives successfully […]
