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Reports: MedExpress eliminating all registered nurse positions at all sites

MORGANTOWN — Morgantown-based MedExpress is eliminating all of its registered nursing positions at all of its more than 145 medical centers, according to reports in Becker's, a national medical industry publication, and Nurse.Org, a national nursing information platform. The outlets ...

Taste of Morgantown comes to Mylan Park this weekend

Join 15 local restaurants and food trucks for the 13th annual Taste of Morgantown as they compete for prizes and raise funds for local and national charities. Set for Sunday at Mylan Park’s Aquatic Center & Track Complex, the event features an afternoon of local food, live music, ...

Monongahela River receives Marine Highway designation M-79

MORGANTOWN — Monongahela River might be its given name, but you can call it M-79 for short.  Late last week, the United States Department of Transportation Maritime Administration announced it was adding two new routes to the United States Marine Highway Program — M-79 and M-11, ...

PSC endorses Hope acquisition of Peoples

CHARLESTON — The Public Service Commission of West Virginia granted formal approval Monday for the acquisition of a smaller central West Virginia gas utility and its merger into Hope Gas Inc. For $37 million, Hope will acquire Peoples Gas WV LLC, which has 12,917 customers in 15 counties, many of which are served by Hope, a Morgantown-based utility. Peoples’ base rates are lower than Hope’s and will continue at that level until Hope files a rate case with the commission. However, Hope will apply a surcharge currently in effect for its pipeline replacement and expansion ...