Monongalia County’s largest-and-busiest volunteer fire department is in a dire financial situation and has reached out to the Monongalia County Commission in an effort to keep its engines running. During […]
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Suspect crashes vehicle in Marilla Park after fleeing from MPD traffic stop
A Westover man is in custody at North Central Regional Jail following a brief police pursuit in Morgantown on Sunday evening. According to Morgantown Police Department officials, the pursuit began […]
When will GOP get the message people want their abortion rights?
Here is the lesson from last Tuesday’s special election in Ohio, where voters resoundingly defeated a ballot measure that would have made it more difficult to pass state constitutional amendments […]
Why wouldn’t Americans see politics in indictments against Trump?
by Byron York It is sometimes said that the prosecutions of former President Donald Trump are “backfiring” on Democrats. That is, instead of lowering Trump’s political support, they are raising […]
Inflation Reduction Act helped make America healthier
by Jamie DeMarco and Vincent DeMarco The numbers are in. The Inflation Reduction Act has, in fact, helped to reduce inflation. The most recent numbers from the Federal Reserve show […]
Local contractor wants to (re)make history in Greenmont
This is a story about possibly the oldest rental property in Morgantown. Which, naturally, begins with the discovery of an empty whiskey bottle in another house, not quite as old, […]
New tool promises WVU researchers a literal inside look
A new state-of-the-art imaging and analysis tool at West Virginia University will give researchers the ability to get a true inside look at their research. A $2.5 million Congressionally Directed Spending […]
Powell: Too soon to gauge impact of city’s training facility
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Police Chief Eric Powell said it’s simply too early to tell if the acquisition of the former Defense in Depth indoor gun range and training facility will […]
A look at the preliminary recommendations for WVU Academic Transformation
MORGANTOWN – Following Friday’s announcement by the WVU provost’s office of the Academic Transformation preliminary recommendations, we offer here a department-by-department look at the recommendations. The provost sent letters to […]
Aug. 13 letters to the editor – WVU Academic Transformation
EDITOR’S NOTE: LTTEs regarding WVU Academic Transformation From now until Aug. 31, we will open letters to the editor to WVU alumni and current and former staff and faculty, including […]





