At Suncrest Elementary School, an external sound system regularly carries morning announcements out to the parking lot. Visitors rolling in Thursday morning quickly learned what the theme of this day […]
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Holiday season in full swing in Mountaineer Country
The beautiful colors of fall may be fading but the holiday festivities around Mountaineer Country are just beginning. There are fun-filled activities for everyone traveling into Mountaineer Country this season. […]
Music at the Met: Steve Vai shows off triple-deck guitar on tour
BY ALISE CHAFFINS How do you continue to find joy and inspiration in a job you have been doing for more than four decades? If you’re the legendary Steve Vai, […]
United Way has raised 52% of campaign goal
Donors have stepped up to the plate for the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties 2023 Campaign so far this year! The organization announced that it has reached 52% […]
Big-name tweeters can threaten to take millions of Twitter users
Elon Musk’s mass layoffs at Twitter on Friday, barely a week after he acquired the company, should serve as an all-but-literal announcement: Whatever assurances he offers to the contrary, he […]
8 takeaways from the midterms so far
by Jonathan Bernstein The midterm elections are neither a Republican landslide nor a Democratic surprise … but there is still a long way to go before we have winners in […]
The infuriating charge of ‘racism against white people’
Sometimes I wish white people could be Black. Not forever, mind you. Maybe for just a few weeks like John Howard Griffin, the author of “Black Like Me,” who darkened […]
The politics and particulars of Amendment 4
Monongalia Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. used the “p” word on Wednesday as he discussed the fortunes of Amendment 4, which would have granted sweeping oversight of West Virginia’s public […]
Mon Commission reflects on Election Day, EMS levy, Amendment 2 defeat
MORGANTOWN — “It’s a good morning,” Monongalia County Assessor Mark Musick said Wednesday as he stood before the county commission. Musick’s comments in reference to Tuesday’s defeat of Amendment 2 […]
Mon Commission pulls plug on sledding hill tow system, approves Holland Avenue funding
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission said Wednesday that without significant intervention from Mother Nature, it’s pulling the plug on the newly installed tow lift system at the Chestnut Ridge […]
