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Arts commission in Fairmont celebrates its 40th anniversary Saturday

FAIRMONT – On a rainy afternoon 11 years ago in the band room at University High School … Neil King was bopping for all he was worth. King, who was then director of the UHS Jazz Ensemble, was getting his sonic charges ready for a state music competition. “Take the A Train,” the 1941 jumper by Duke Ellington, the tune was. Driving piano to hint at the rock ‘n’ to follow some 15 years later on the juke box and radio. Trombones, and their glorious slurring of the blues notes trafficked by the Duke. And King, a jazz trumpeter by training who is now director of ...

Mountain East Conference moving track championships to Mylan Park

MORGANTOWN — Mylan Park will be the home of the three-day Mountain East Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships for five years starting April 27-29, 2025.  The 11-member NCAA Division II conference issued a press release Wednesday announcing a corporate partnership with the ...

August is here, but summer is far from over

August is approaching! Now is the time to squeeze in the last things on your bucket list before school starts. See some of the events happening this month that you can do yourself, with friends or with the family.  If you’d like more information on events in and around Morgantown, ...

County announces first round of opioid settlement grant awards

MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved $626,900 to 13 agencies, concluding its first opioid settlement grant process.  In addition to the hundreds of millions of settlement dollars to be distributed at the state level through the West Virginia First ...

Morgantown church asks to lead non-congregate shelter project

MORGANTOWN — Inspired by mission work building similar structures in Honduras, a group from the Morgantown Church of Christ has come to the city proposing the construction of up to 50 non-congregate shelters as resources for the area's unhoused community.  Representatives from the ...

Thursday is W.Va. Donor Day: Aims to raise awareness about importance of organ donation

Tammy Bishoff celebrates that letter. Because every time she re-reads it, she knows that Brayden, in essence, is still alive. Every time she re-reads it, she knows its author is still experiencing earthly moments — occasionally vexing, but mostly good — and all from the generosity displayed by her 15-year-old son when he checked that box that afternoon. The letter was from a person who benefited from an organ transplant after her son's death. Brayden was the donor. “Brayden was pretty matter of fact about it,” the Bruceton Mills woman remembers. “He thought if ...