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FSU, MARS host robotics endurance event starting today

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Mountaineer Area Robotics (MARS) and Fairmont State University have partnered to bring the world’s only high school endurance robotics competition to Fairmont, today through Saturday.  Lasting a total of 26 hours and 14 minutes, West Virginia RObotics eXtreme (WVROX) will feature 30 teams from across the country to compete in the event.  The public is welcome to attend from 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m. today and from 6 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Fairmont State University Falcon Center.  MARS is part of the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) program, which combines the ...

Arts commission in Fairmont celebrates its 40th anniversary Saturday

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...