The West Virginia University women’s basketball team celebrated National Girls and Women in Sports Day Wednesday. The team returned to Morgantown to square off against Texas for the first time […]
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Students at Mason-Dixon Elementary School went on an adventure this month and invited their families and community members along. Students in all grades at the school — pre-K through 5 […]
Focus groups on schools focus on teacher retention
Leaders of West Virginia teacher unions say focus groups around the state demonstrated an emphasis on recruitment and retention, managing student discipline, supporting mental health and increasing parentalinvolvement. Last fall, […]
What Tyre Nichols’ death tells us about policing in America
Memphis’ police chief said video of the Jan. 10 beating by five police officers that killed 29-year-old Tyre Nichols included “acts that defy humanity.” We had fair warning, but the […]
Winning GOP strategy in 2024: Back to business with immigration reform
by Neil Hare The recent GOP attacks on the business community, including its leading advocacy group the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, arguably contributed to a poor showing in the 2022 […]
Why not Pete Buttigieg?
Political news pounces on any poll suggesting Republicans’ preference for the 2024 presidential candidate. Little attention has landed on the Democratic side, where the numbers have been quite interesting. The […]
Suspected porch pirate leads deputy on high-speed pursuit
A Morgantown man possibly involved in several area package thefts was taken into custody after allegedly fleeing from a Monongalia County Sheriff’s deputy at high speeds and causing some damage […]
A sampling of bills introduced Wednesday, Feb. 1
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. No House bills were introduced on Wednesday.
State Senate sends its TikTok ban bill to the House of Delegates; bill to promote gas-fired power plants also advances
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate passed its version of the TikTok ban bill on Wednesday and sent it over to the House, where its bill awaits Judiciary Committee review. The […]
Mon EMS gets approval to use sobering center as part of two-year test program
MORGANTOWN — Mon EMS has received the green light to begin transporting patients who meet very-specific criteria to the Hope Hill Sobering Center. During Wednesday’s meeting of the Monongalia County […]
