by Doyle McManus Last year, as congressional elections approached, pundits offered a bold prediction: November would bring a “red wave,” a Republican sweep in the House and Senate. “The bottom […]
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A new year but there’s nothing new
People speak of a new year as turning the page, or starting out fresh, or forgetting the past. At the start of a new year, I like to look back […]
Hope Gas enters deal to acquire Peoples Gas West Virginia service area
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown-based Hope Gas announced on Tuesday that it has entered an agreement with Essential Utilities to purchase Peoples Gas WV. Peoples is a Pennsylvania-based energy company serving 740,000 […]
PSC OK’s Mon Power/Potomac Edison rate hike settlement; requires companies to prepare report of possible Pleasants plant purchase
MORGANTOWN – The state Public Service Commission has OK’d the modified rate hike for Mon Power and Potomac Edison that the companies agreed to in a December settlement that the […]
Mon students back from holiday break, but clean-up work still continues at North and Mountainview
Cyclone’s greetings. Even with all that rain, Eddie Campbell Jr., was pragmatic about the isobars and low-pressure systems Tuesday. “At least it’s not snowing,” the superintendent of Monongalia County Schools […]
Morgantown man faces grand larceny charges in construction site thefts
Over the weekend, West Virginia State Police arrested a Morgantown man suspected of taking over $1,300 worth of tools, as well as a vehicle, from a local construction site a […]
State Senate GOP, Dem leaders urge DHHR to address child welfare problems
MORGANTOWN — Leaders on both sides of the state Senate aisle want the Department of Health and Human Resources to take action to improve child welfare, and sent letters this […]
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WESTOVER POLICE Gifford, Jason L., 35, malicious assault, Dec. 25, Officer Keeble. MON SHERIFF Damson, Christopher S., 25, receiving or transferring stolen goods, Dec. 31, Deputy Watkins. STATE POLICE Mancuso, […]
From blue to red: Americans vote with their U-Hauls
New Census Bureau numbers released last week reveal an unmistakable trend: High-tax blue states are losing residents to low-tax red states. Are elected officials listening? Each year, U.S. Census officials […]
Time to wind down the war in Ukraine?
by Nicholas Goldberg There’s been a lot of uplifting, we’re-in-it-to-win-it language used about the Ukraine war recently. The message being sent is that the United States is committed for the […]
