MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown, the Monongalia County Development Authority, the Monongalia County Commission, WVU and various stakeholders have spent three-plus years laying the groundwork for the 10-acre Richwood redevelopment. The time has finally come to clear the ...
Five years ago, Monongalia County Health Department hosted a group of wildlife staffers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Elkins to discuss rabies. Cases had been creeping up and, at the same time, the area treated by the USDA’s oral rabies vaccine (ORV) distribution program had mostly been moved away from Monongalia County. MCHD officials asked the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to move the program, in which the ORV baits are dropped from aircraft over specific areas, back to Monongalia County. The USDA agreed and ...
The Metropolitan Theatre has been a hallmark of Morgantown’s artistic and cultural presence since the day it opened its doors for the very first time on July 24, 1924. Over the years, its stages have seen dance recitals, films, comedic acts, musical performances, entertainment from West ...
KINGWOOD — For 25 years, GriefShare has been helping people find comfort after the loss of a loved one. Dr. Fred Conley, Pastor Jonathan Nettles and counselor Maureen Durst have been offering the 13-week program to county residents for a year. “I was a doctor for 42 years and didn’t know this program existed. The local funeral home was excited to find out the program existed. They didn’t know about it either. I found out after my wife passed away and someone gave me a pamphlet,” Conley said. “Maureen and I attended GriefShare, and I felt called by ...
Bear meat infecting people with a rare parasite was the subject of a recent article in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The case was a headline grabber, but for former Morgantown resident Dr. Shama Cash-Goldwasser, the article on which she served as lead author was the final chapter in two years of work in the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). EIS officers are often called the disease detectives. “I was new to public health at the state level, and the first ...
Suncrest United Methodist Church opened Faith Without Limits, a new Sunday School/Youth Group room for children with disabilities. The room was started by SUMC’s Children’s and Youth Ministries Director Christina Thomas, who was inspired by her grandson. The youngster is autistic ...
