Fire killed the lone occupant of an Osage home early Thursday morning. The 911 call reporting a house fire at 18 Tunnel Street was received by MECCA 911 at 3:59 […]
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Mon teacher in Washington felt ‘listened to’ at awards ceremony
It was just one seat in the Rose Garden, but the way Amber Nichols saw it, she had the whole expanse filled, metaphorically. “That seat was for every West Virginia […]
Capito promotes permitting reform, Mountain Valley Pipeline completion during talk with West Virginia press
MORGANTOWN — Permitting reform remains alive and well in the U.S. Senate, despite two previous failed bills. “Permitting reform is front and center on my agenda,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito […]
31st Annual Day of Caring set for May 10
The area’s largest single-day volunteer project is back on May 10. Each year, the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties partners with local nonprofit organizations to coordinate volunteer projects […]
Intermediate Court of Appeals hears Challenge Academy case
CHARLESTON — A former candidate at the Mountaineer Challenge Academy is trying to get a jury trial on claims that he was not properly cared for during his short time […]
Jeans for justice: Denim Day shows support for sexual assault victims
Blue jeans and denim jackets may not immediately inspire thoughts of activism, but on Wednesday, donning the classic cotton fabric signaled exactly that. Monongalia County Victim Assistance Program participated in […]
The legacy continues: Second annual Adrianna Chico Evans teaching award given at St. Francis
Luke Evans couldn’t stop giggling toward the end of the program Wednesday evening at St. Francis Central Catholic School. And, in the way of parochial school dynamics, the kid was […]
Comedy clubs as free speech zones — and the antidote to cancel culture
by Ronald Collins and Ronnie Marmo On Nov. 24, 1964, the Illinois Supreme Court did what no other state high court had ever done — it vindicated Lenny Bruce’s free […]
Trump’s extremism on abortion cannot be hidden
Ron DeSantis had it coming, but Donald Trump’s attempts to paint the Florida governor as a scarier right-winger than he is deserve to fail. What DeSantis has done in Florida […]
Gov. Justice appoints Anitra Hamilton to Mon County 81st House seat; unveils new Almost Heaven driver’s license
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced on Wednesday a new delegate to represent Monongalia County’s 81st District, and unveiled a new Almost Heaven state driver’s license. From a list of […]
