by Mark Gongloff Thanks to El Niño, the world is about to experience something like time travel to the year 2050. It won’t be pleasant. But rather than devolve into […]
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106 indicted by Mon County grand jury
The first Monongalia County grand jury of 2023 returned 106 indictments, significantly lower than the 150 indicted in September 2022. An indictment is not a finding of guilt, but a […]
A sampling of bills introduced Friday, Jan. 20
MORGANTOWN — Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Friday, Jan. 20. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. TWEET @DominionPostWV
WVU engineering school to host ‘Girls’ STEM Day’ next month
Framed as such, it could have been the premise of a science-fiction novel. The day Katherine Johnson and Anna Brusoe constructed a time-bridge, that is. Anna, we’ll get to. Johnson, […]
In West Virginia’s jails ‘we’re working our people to death’ and they’re quitting
An alarming message about staffing in West Virginia’s jails came Thursday. “We’re absolutely working our people to death, and they’re quitting because of that,” acting Corrections Commissioner Brad Douglas said […]
Tunnelton man loses weight with TOPS
In the post-lockdown world, one wish has remained constant from 2019 to now.The most common New Year’s resolutions still show weight-loss as No. 1 on people’s minds (https://www.statista.com).As so many […]
WVU student leaders among those against campus carry bill
BY MIKE NOLTING Students leaders at West Virginia University are among those expressing concern about the Campus Carry bill moving through the state Senate. The Campus Self Defense Act, SB […]
Three university presidents join to oppose campus carry legislation
MORGANTOWN — Three university presidents have joined to oppose the campus carry legislation working its way through the state Senate. Ericke Cage of West Virginia State University, Kendra Boggess of […]
MPO gets good news from state regarding grant requests
MORGANTOWN — Imagine downtown Morgantown with no one-way streets. Or the removal of the delay-inducing mesh point of pedestrians and vehicles known as Grumbein’s Island. Or Willey Street being upgraded and […]
Being laid off is devastating. Yet society never measures that toll
by Les Leopold More than 150,000 tech workers lost their jobs in 2022, according to one estimate, and an additional 23,000 have been laid off since the start of 2023. […]
