By Keenan Cummings If the Peach State to Morgantown pipeline on the football recruiting trail can be looked at as a train that’s steaming ahead, then the conductor is no […]
Columns/Opinion
Comings and goings of downtown stores come with turf but traces of blight need not
Ask anyone what hinders downtown Morgantown and you’ll get a different answer. Lack of parking, too much traffic, municipal taxes, jaywalking, a preponderance of bars, few places to linger and […]
Gov. Justice, not the media, damaging state’s image
By Hoppy Kercheval With Gov. Jim Justice, there is frequently an element of the peculiar. There certainly was Monday when Justice called a news conference to say that his companies […]
Undermining subcommittee’s data before it even files report not helping fix PEIA, either
You can meet all the drop-dead deadlines you want from here till next Tuesday. But if the Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) Task Force doesn’t take step one to heart […]
Make DMV experience convenient, efficient
Glenda L. Latusek, Morgantown One of our worst nightmares is having to go to the DMV. There is limited parking, long lines and slow service. In the past, I have […]
SNAP benefits there to help, not to support
Dan Carnegie, Morgantown From September 2008 to March 2011, I was a case worker for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), the program that now wants those on food stamps to […]
We all can play role in welcoming students
G. Corey Farris, WVU Dean of Students, Morgantown It’s an exciting time as West Virginia University welcomes students to campus for the start of the 2018-19 academic year. While this […]
Letting governor potentially fill four court vacancies poses whole other kind of risk
It was probably just a matter of time. Many suspected that the House Judiciary Committee would eventually file articles of impeachment against all four state Supreme Court justices. Tuesday, the […]
Perhaps privatizing DOH was not such a bad idea
Riley Thomas, Morgantown A trip through Monongalia County while traveling its secondary roads, especially what the Division of Highways (DOH), refers to as “farm roads” is like a return to […]
Better uses for $100M than funding ‘arms race’
Ace Parsi, Morgantown WVU Athletic Director, Shane Lyons, made an argument that his $100 million proposal for WVU athletic facilities was a need rather than a want, noting, “This is […]
