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West Virginia farmers pray for rain

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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 ...

Clock ticking on effort to clean up Pennsylvania Avenue

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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 ...

New laws, extra support increase breastfeeding numbers

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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 ...

New laws, extra support increase breastfeeding numbers

Community

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 ...

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ a fun two hours at the cinema

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When “Deadpool” hit theaters in 2016, it broke records to become the highest-grossing   R-rated movie at the time. Two years later, “Deadpool 2” did even better, beating out its predecessor. Beyond being commercially successful, both were critically successful, too. Despite the overall love for the character and franchise, I have been a bit more standoffish toward them. I thought the jokes in the original were funny the first time, but the replay value has been minimal for me, and the second one felt stale out of the gate. All that to say, I went into Shawn Levy’s ...

Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority announces recycling events

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The Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority has announced several upcoming recycling events in the area.  Morgantown Utility Board’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day will be 8-11 a.m. Aug. 3 at the MUB offices,   278 Green Bag Road.  View the list of accepted items: mub.org/hhwc   For more information: call MUB at 304-292-8443 or email Chris Dale at cdale@mub.org   Monongalia County SWA’s E-cycle event will be 8-11 a.m. Sept. 14 at the University Town Centre Sam’s Club,  5045 University Town Centre Drive.   View the ...