MORGANTOWN — WVU men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries and several players visited with patients and staff of the WVU Cancer Institute's Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center on Monday. “There were a lot of smiling faces, and it was a great way to kick off the week,” WVU ...
The driver of a side-by-side is dead following a rollover accident Friday on River Road. At about 8:11 p.m., Monongalia County Sheriff’s deputies responded a single-vehicle accident near the area of the dam. Once on scene, officers discovered a Polaris 1000 side-by-side had rolled on top of the driver. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS. The driver was the only occupant of the vehicle, police said. This accident occurred on the railroad tracks near Edna Gas Road. The railroad company was contacted and rail service was shut down to the area until the scene ...
BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — Although there has been some rainfall across West Virginia to start the week and more is in the forecast, there is still a significant lack of precipitation in the Mountain State. “Ninety-five percent of the state is under a D-1 which is a drought. D-4 being extreme drought and most of the state is in D-3,” said State Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt. Most West Virginia homeowners haven’t had to mow their yard for several weeks as the heat has dried out most landscaping and caused grass to go dormant. The situation is much more ...
MORGANTOWN — Members of the Morgantown Land Reuse and Preservation Agency said they remain committed to spending as much of the city’s allocated American Rescue Plan Act money as possible to address dilapidated properties on Pennsylvania Avenue. The city earmarked $600,000 in ...
August is National Breastfeeding Month, and as new legislation enables more new mothers to pump at work, Monongalia County Health Department WIC counselors have something to celebrate as breastfeeding rates climb higher. The recently enacted Pump Act for Nursing Mothers, known as the PUMP Act (dol.gov/agencies/whd/pump-at-work), allows for reasonable time and space accommodations for breastfeeding in the workplace. It’s certainly something that has made Ceranda Jones’ life easier. Jones is not only a breastfeeding peer counselor at the Monongalia County Health Department ...
August is National Breastfeeding Month, and as new legislation enables more new mothers to pump at work, Monongalia County Health Department WIC counselors have something to celebrate as breastfeeding rates climb higher. The recently enacted Pump Act for Nursing Mothers, known as the PUMP Act (dol.gov/agencies/whd/pump-at-work), allows for reasonable time and space accommodations for breastfeeding in the workplace. It’s certainly something that has made Ceranda Jones’ life easier. Jones is not only a breastfeeding peer counselor at the Monongalia County Health ...
