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Shouldn’t most woodpeckers have brain damage?

If I slammed my mouth against a tree over and over again, I would definitely sustain some serious, lifelong injuries. And I’m sure every other human could attest to this. So then how do woodpeckers slam their beaks into a tree 20 times per second and up to 12,000 times in a ...

Fire Prevention Week returns, MFD to teach sounds of fire safety

MORGANTOWN — Fire Prevention Week has arrived and the Morgantown Fire Department will teach area children about important sounds of which to be aware. The MFD is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association for this year’s campaign, ‘Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety’, ...

Mon’s people-movers grappling with driver shortages

Two weeks ago, Mountain Line announced it was limiting some of its routes due to a driver shortage. The transit authority that buses people around Morgantown and the region said then it was at least 12 drivers down – and that routes might even have to be temporarily eliminated, if ...

Meet the honored alumni of MHS

MORGANTOWN -- Things don’t begin and end with Barney Fife at Morgantown High School. Or, Don Knotts (Class of 1942), the comedic actor who won five Emmys for his portrayal of the aforementioned bumbling character on the Andy Griffith television show in the 1960s. The late Knotts is ...

Mon students are making the grade better in W.Va., local district reports

Courtney Whitehead spends her days dancing with data in Monongalia County’s school district. At Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting, she got to perform a love song. She was singing, in effect, for the excess levy, which voters resoundingly renewed during Saturday’s special ...

Preston BOE works out COVID plan

KINGWOOD -- Preston County students will keep their masks on through October. After that, it depends. The county’s Board of Education spent over an hour with two parents -- Teri Kisner and Angie Harrison, who were representing a larger group concerned about the various masks and ...