by Robin Maril It’s 6:30 a.m., and my wife already has the news silently scrolling in the dark. “Colorado Springs,” she says. My bleary eyes focus on the carnage — […]
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Parents need to work on emotional homework post-COVID, Mon Schools administrator says
Elementary school scenes from a pandemic: There was case of the little girl couldn’t stop crying one morning. In those pre-vaccine days, she was convinced her grandmother, who was coughing […]
Nov. 27 letters to the editor
Nonpartisan forums important for voters The League of Women Voters of Morgantown-Monongalia County is a nonpartisan organization, never endorsing any political party or candidate. The League’s primary mission is to […]
Lessons we can learn from a captured CIA officer
by David M. Shribman LYNN, Mass. — Seventy years ago this week, a CIA paramilitary officer found himself strapped inside a C-47 aircraft over Manchuria on a top-secret mission when […]
Guest essay: Expanding broadband requires granting access to utility poles
by Roberta Baylor Preston County is a wonderful place to live. From Coopers Rock State Forest to the Buckwheat Festival, this county represents the best that rural living has to […]
Iran’s regime a big loser at World Cup
by Bobby Ghosh There is a long tradition of authoritarian states using soccer’s World Cup to distract attention — domestic and foreign alike — from their tyranny. The Islamic Republic […]
Christmas cards bear testament to changing times
by Samantha Perry Scenes of winter landscapes, holly berries and jolly images of Santa framed our kitchen and living room doorframes some decades ago. Soon after the Thanksgiving dinner was […]
Area author pens punny Christmas book
Morgantown author Marly Hazen Ynigues said she grew up on puns. “You know, a lot of people call them dad jokes – but it’s just a really fun way to […]
A look at federally funded gas well plugging, and a visit to a Diversified Energy plugging site
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia has 15,655 total abandoned wells – about 6,300 considered orphaned. That doesn’t include wells at or near the end of the useful lives on land leased […]
Consider local nonprofits this Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is a global movement started in 2012. The goal is to promote generosity and support nonprofits, big and small. It occurs the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. This year, it […]
