by Don Kusler As a parent of two school-age children, I know I keep up with the lessons my children are working through each week. This includes discussion, explanation, questions. […]
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WVU Faculty Senate questions leadership team on RIF process as notices begin to go out
MORGANTOWN – Reduction in force notices have started going out at WVU, and the RIF process was at the front of most minds at Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting. Chair Frankie […]
Pedestrian and vehicle safety law up for public hearing, passage Wednesday
MORGANTOWN — A proposed ordinance regulating pedestrian and vehicle safety in Monongalia County will be back before the county commission for a public hearing and potential adoption on Wednesday. […]
Aristotle Jones named a Black Appalachian Storyteller Fellow
The Appalachian Soul Man is going west. Aristotle Jones, the Morgantown musician, community activist and podcast host who is also known professionally by the above moniker, will perform in Salt […]
Congress should do right thing on Afghan refugees
America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan is one of many blights on the Biden administration’s spotty record. The fact that this nation since then has turned its back on Afghans who […]
Where have all the good men gone?
by Nicole Russell In our feminist-focused society, where efforts to create legal and societal gender parity have been mostly successful, it’s easy to forget about the men. After all, thanks […]
Why Republicans’ impeachment of Biden may be stupid enough to work
by Jonah Goldberg House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to move ahead with impeachment proceedings — and the Democrats’ response — reminded me of something Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser reportedly […]
Balloons Over Morgantown will brighten up the sky next weekend
Nineteen hot air balloons will fill the skies of Morgantown next weekend during the annual Balloons Over Morgantown event. University Toyota’s Balloons Over Morgantown is an adaptation of the decades-old […]
Oct. 8 letters to the editor
What’s good for the world is good for W.Va. It often goes unrealized how addressing global poverty has an economic benefit to the United States. Likewise, it is often overestimated […]
Guest essay: Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with free event
by Cari Carpenter The City of Morgantown, one of hundreds of places proclaiming the second Tuesday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, is the site of the Oct. 9-10 free […]





