MORGANTOWN — “Water doesn’t understand city limits,” RK&K Civil Engineering’s Jeff Stanislawcyzk told the Monongalia County Commission. “It goes where it goes.” And when it rains a bunch of it […]
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Westover welcomes two police recruits
Two new officer recruits to the Westover Police Department were officially sworn in Thursday morning in the Westover City Hall council chambers. “We have two fine young gentlemen,” Chief Joe […]
Amjad: State still awaits news on omicron-selective COVID vaccine; one monkeypox case confirmed in West Virginia
MORGANTOWN — Public Health Commissioner Ayne Amjad said her office is receiving many questions about the omicron-selective vaccines coming to West Virginia. She fielded questions about that and other issues […]
Military Appreciation Night at Monongalia County Ball Park: Hosted by United Bank
Operation Welcome Home invites community members to join it at the Operation Welcome Home Military Appreciation Night at Monongalia County Ball Park. The event is scheduled for Aug. 27 and […]
GameChanger hires director of prevention programs
A nationally certified school psychologist is joining the GameChanger team. Kim Legg will serve as director of prevention for the program, designed to blot the stain of substance abuse in […]
Biden’s no FDR. He’s not even Obama
by Ramesh Ponnuru Democrats have every right to be pleased that they passed another big spending bill, but a lot of them are getting carried away. Longtime Democratic consultant Robert […]
Democracy not a partisan issue
by Rev. Jesse Jackson While the United States champions democracy across the world, our own democracy is under siege. Nothing is more fundamental to democracy than the right to vote […]
Bloom confident Mon County can sprint past Laidley Field for state track meet
MORGANTOWN — With the exception of a two-year construction hiatus in the ’70s, Laidley Field (now University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field) has hosted the West Virginia High School […]
Star City looking to bring town’s elections in line with county, state
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission approved ballot access for a referendum to be put before the voters of Star City that would move the town’s municipal election to coincide […]
WVU receives $1M federal grant to continue, expand Rural Communities Opioid Response Program
MORGANTOWN – WVU has received a $1 million federal grant to continue its Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP), to bring opioid prevention, treatment and recovery resources to 10 rural […]
