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MFD bids bittersweet farewell to firefighter

Chief Mark Caravasos couldn’t remember the exact date Jimmy Lipscomb started with Morgantown Fire Department, but he won’t soon forget working with the 21-year veteran, who’s retiring as firefighter. “I’ve known Jimmy since high school. I ran with Star City when he ran with ...

Health care providers host job fairs for FRMC employees

Morgantown’s two health care providers, Mon Health and WVU Medicine, are holding job fairs next week in Fairmont in an attempt to hire people who will lose their jobs when Fairmont Regional Medical Center closes in two months. Both job fairs will be held at the Fairmont Knights of ...

PRT reopens between Beechurst and Engineering stations

WVU’s Personal Rapid Transit is back in action, after a rockslide Feb. 10 on Monongahela Boulevard suspended service on a portion of the roadway. During the slide, a piece of boulder hit a PRT car on the track between the Engineering and Beechurst stations. The university stated in a ...

Trinity students dress up as influential American figures

Learning at Trinity Christian School was hands-on Wednesday, when fourth-graders hosted a wax museum. During the educational project, kids dressed up as influential Americans. Visitors were able to have the figures — portrayed by students — come to life. Guests could then ask up ...

Groups begin to set goals for district

Do you believe new or updated school facilities impact the economic development of Monongalia County? Will Mon’s current schools be able to adapt to the needs of the average student, say, three decades from now? For that matter, will brick-and-mortar school buildings even be necessary, come then? The above is just a sampling of the brow-furrowers related to life in Monongalia County Schools that groups of teachers, principals, students and others took up Wednesday. Said groups met in sessions to discuss the re-tweaking of the district’s Comprehensive Education Facilities Plan, ...

Landlords reflect on damaged properties by Holgorsens

It’s been two years since a Monongalia County magistrate awarded $10,000 to Mark Stephens, a landlord who sued Candice Holgorsen, ex-wife of former WVU football coach Dana Holgorsen, for breaking a lease and causing damage to his townhouse. Last month, in a different case brought by Rodney Poland, a judge ordered the Holgorsens to pay $22,625 for back rent and damage caused to a Cheat Lake home. That judgment was awarded by default because neither defendant responded to the suit. That outcome didn’t surprise Stephens, he said, because the same thing happened to him — and he still ...