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Airport on pace to extend 12-year enplanement slump

MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Manager Kim Haws said the city and carrier Southern Airways are prepared to subsidize flight costs to increase the number of passengers flying out of Morgantown Municipal Airport.  He’s asking the community to get on board.  Haws recently told ...

Pure Barre offers more than just fitness

In the 1950s, German-born Lotte Berk developed a fitness method drawing from her experience in modern dance. In its modern form, barre fitness contains elements of dance, yoga, pilates and low-impact rehabilitation exercises.   Low impact, however, doesn’t mean easy. Classes target the whole body, specifically focusing on engaging the core muscles. There are many barre fitness studio franchises, each with a slightly different spin on the form.   Pure Barre is the most prominent barre brand, with over 600 studios worldwide.   In November 2023, local ...

United Bankshares holds annual shareholders meeting

United Bankshares Inc., a $30 billion regional financial services company, held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on  May 15 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md.  During the meeting, United Executive Chairman of the Board Richard M. Adams addressed shareholders by highlighting several key points from the 2023 Annual Report to Shareholders.  The report indicates 2023 was a year of growth, profitability and soundness for United. The company grew loans, grew deposits and increased its net interest margin versus the prior year. In addition, United delivered ...

Underground Printing is tops in custom T-shirt business

Over the last 15 years, Underground Printing has become a go-to source of customized T-shirts, apparel and accessories. The WVU School of Dentistry and the City of Morgantown are among the entities that have used UGP’s services. The business first opened on Fayette Street in downtown Morgantown in November of 2008. The parent business, however, is much older than that. Founders Rishi Narayan and Ryan Gregg originally began screen printing gear out of a dorm room at the University of Michigan in 2001. Now headquartered in a 172,000-square-foot facility in Ypsilanti, Mich., UGP has ...

United Bank shares announces its first-quarter earnings

United Bankshares Inc. reported earnings for the first quarter of 2024 of $86.8 million, or 64 cents per share. First quarter of 2024 results produced annualized returns on average assets, average equity and average tangible equity, of 1.19%, 7.25% and 11.98%, respectively. The first quarter of 2024 included $1.8 million of expense for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (“FDIC”) special assessment levied on all banking organizations stemming from the FDIC’s Deposit Insurance Fund. “UBSI delivered solid performance in the first quarter of 2024,” stated Richard M. ...