A massive structure fire that began around 11:35 a.m. Monday at Ashton Estates on Smithtown Road claimed three townhomes and damaged others before firefighters from nearly a dozen companies — […]
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Morgantown’s champion Mohawk hockey team gives a thank you to the WVU Health System for its support
Do you believe in miracles? The Morgantown Mohawks hockey team almost iced one in Minnesota this past March, making it all the way to national finals of its division before […]
Task Force makes major drug bust during searches
Members of the Mon Metro Drug Task Force arrested two individuals after recovering dangerous amounts of illegal narcotics during searches of two Monongalia County residences. Desmond Arness Clark, 31, and […]
WV Energy Users Group asks PSC to require Mon Power/Potomac Edison — not ratepayers — to bear costs of Pleasants plant negotiations
MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Energy Users Group – a coalition of 12 industrial power customers across the state that use large amounts of electricity – are concerned that Mon […]
How Biden can distance himself from Trump’s ‘politics of fear’
That President Joe Biden’s record on immigration is controversial is no surprise. Few issues divide Americans as much. But Biden has pulled off the unusual feat of managing to anger […]
Three practical presidential pledges
by James-Christian B. Blockwood Though the 2024 presidential general election is more than a year away, primary races have already begun. Early polling results tend to influence messaging, and it […]
DSF Stop program turns over building keys; foundation thinks items may have been wrongfully removed
MORGANTOWN – The Dunbar School Foundation Stop program has apparently ceased operation. DSF president Houston Richardson said early Friday that he learned Thursday evening that Stop would be turning over […]
D-Day, the 6th of June: 79 years since world endured ‘longest day’
War stories. There are war stories, still. As bullets snapped the air and frazzled soldiers darted their eyes this way and that, one sergeant sighed, shouldered his weapon – […]
June 4 letters to the editor
Tom Bennett’s legacy extends beyond war To expand on Jim Bissett’s excellent chronicle of Tom Bennett: Tom was an enthusiastic participant in campus ministry at WVU. He was one of […]
Guest essay: Importance of developing a ‘high school transfer portal’ plan
by Hollis Lewis With the school year ending, a hot topic amongst local sports enthusiasts is HB 2820, which allows West Virginia high school student athletes a one-time transfer to […]
