WESTOVER — Westover City Attorney Tim Stranko explained Monday the city is pushing an aggressive timeline to get its Home Rule application before the state’s oversight body. Stranko said Westover […]
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Volunteers needed for Diving Nationals next month
Everybody into the pool. The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park is making its second big splash in the world of competitive diving next month, and that means a lot of […]
Arrest made after downtown carjacking
A Morgantown man is facing first-degree robbery charges after police were called to a carjacking made at gunpoint Sunday in downtown Morgantown. According to the criminal complaint, Morgantown Police responded […]
Afghanistan report sugar-coats Biden, Trump catastrophe
The Biden administration admits to having made some mistakes — some — in its withdrawal from Afghanistan, but the admission doesn’t come close to acknowledging the catastrophe that occurred during […]
Musk’s ‘troll heaven’ an advertiser hell
by Dave Lee More than 3 million listeners tuned in for Elon Musk’s interview with the BBC’s James Clayton last Wednesday morning UK time. They heard the Twitter owner dodge […]
Putin’s war on Ukraine in the sinister tradition of the Russian war machine
by Jonah Goldberg Vladimir Putin and his war machine get more respect than they deserve from the West. This may seem a bit counterintuitive. After all, just 9% of Americans […]
Candidate’s withdrawal highlights Morgantown election deadlines
MORGANTOWN — The deadline to file as a candidate for Morgantown’s municipal election was Feb. 13. The deadline to withdraw your candidacy for Morgantown’s municipal election was Jan. 31. Read […]
Mon Power Fairmont solar project supplies off-grid power to EV charger at its HQ
FAIRMONT – Folks driving on I-79 can see an array of solar panels on the hill just below Mon Power’s Fairmont headquarters. The 28 panels supply the energy for a […]
April 16 letters to the editor
Ending gun violence starts in our homes Do you want to stop gun violence? Do you want to eliminate school violence? Then let us start at the beginning and not […]
Guest essay: Pleasants deal bad for Mon County
Also unfair to MonPower consumers by Jim Kotcon The Pleasants power plant is a 43-year-old, 1,300-MW, coal-fired power plant in Pleasants County. MonPower’s parent company, FirstEnergy, tried to dump this […]
