MORGANTOWN — In 2022, the Morgantown Building Commission took ownership of Morgantown City Hall, the Norwood Fire Station and the city’s public works garage in exchange for the issuance of bonds to finance significant improvements to the aging facilities. Fast forward two years, ...
Mildred Fizer didn’t exactly shatter the glass ceiling 58 years ago. Rather, she simply etched her way through it, with grace and quiet confidence. “Somebody, some woman, had to do it,” said the Morgantown woman who turned 103 Wednesday. In 1966, she became the first female in ...
BY ALISE CHAFFINS To those who live in Morgantown, this may seem like an odd choice for a high school club from out of state to visit — but a group of students from Whitney Young Magnet High School in Chicago recently did just that. Student organizer Ava Bartkus and teacher sponsor ...
CHARLESTON — Union workers at nearly three dozen Kroger stores in West Virginia could be headed for the picket line after soundly rejecting the company’s contract offer and voting to authorize a strike. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 400 announced Friday ...
The City of Beckley will soon become the first Inclusive Recovery City (IRC) in the United States. On March 19, city, state, national and international leaders in recovery support will come together to sign a charter declaring Beckley as an IRC — the first in the nation, joining 26 other cities across Europe, the Balkans, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia as IRCs. A recovery city is a community that promotes visible recovery, addresses stigmatizing and discriminatory attitudes and champions multiple pathways to addiction recovery. The underlying concept is that by ...
Each year, around 74 countries across the globe celebrate World Spay Day to recognize the importance of spaying and neutering our pets. The annual event is held the last Tuesday of February and caps off National Spay and Neuter Awareness Month in the United States. First initiated by ...
