MORGANTOWN – The House Energy Committee on Thursday approved a resolution urging Mon Power to “strongly consider” buying the coal-fired Pleasants Power Station. Across the Capitol, the Senate Energy Committee […]
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Mountain Line puts up local match for Fairmont Road sidewalk application
The Mountain Line Transit Authority is joining Westover’s effort to secure funding for a new stretch of sidewalk along Fairmont Road. The transit board voted unanimously this week to allocate […]
‘Notorious” drug dealer indictment dismantles major drug network to West Virginia
A federal indictment returned this week charging individuals from Ohio, California and Mexico dismantles a sophisticated drug trafficking network that served as one of the largest suppliers of illicit substances […]
WV Chocolate Wine & Shine event back at Mylan Park
It was 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, and while most people were still on their second cup of coffee — Jamie Summerlin was already on the second page of his day planner. […]
Leonhardt says he’ll run for re-election, not for governor
CHARLESTON — Cross one candidate for governor off your whiteboard. Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt, a Republican, put out a statement Wednesday saying he will not run for governor and instead […]
Senators quickly, unanimously pass $600 million tax plan
Wednesday morning, West Virginia senators announced their own $600 million tax plan that they called comprehensive. By afternoon, senators passed the tax proposal in bipartisan fashion, 33-0. To do so, […]
Biden’s opening pitch for a second term
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Like prior presidents, Joe Biden used his State of the Union speech to build on his achievements and to lay the basis for what quite clearly […]
Democrats should not have wanted Omar on that committee
Democrats loudly complained when Republicans threw Rep. Ilhan Omar off the Foreign Affairs Committee. But they should have thanked them, at least quietly. Omar is a problematic presence. The right […]
BOPARC pushes vote on ice arena construction bid to special meeting
MORGANTOWN — They used words like “negligent,” “absurd,” and “crazy,” but the half dozen speakers who addressed the BOPARC Board of Directors on Wednesday were all basically saying the same […]
Lawsuit filed against MPD after unlawful search in 2018
A lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Monongalia County Circuit Court against the Morgantown Police Department and one of its officers after a U.S. Court of Appeals vacated the conviction and […]
