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Tapping into SNAP benefit changes

MORGANTOWN - Starting Thursday, thousands of West Virginians faced impacts on their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on June 4, 2025. Under Section 10106 of the bill, the federal government's share of annual SNAP ...

Morgantown author releases seventh title ‘Candyland’

MORGANTOWN – Friendship, mystery, beer and rock 'n' roll. If you were forced to sum up the writing of Morgantown author Jim Antonini in a handful of words, that foursome would get you off to a hot start. Loyalty would be an appropriate addition. Self-discovery would be another. In the ...

County working to answer Flock contract request

MORGANTOWN – Where’s the contract? It’s a question that’s been asked time and again during the months of public pushback following the Monongalia County Commission’s November 2025 decision to utilize up to $180,000 in directly allocated opioid settlement money for the placement of ...

W.Va. backs out of consideration for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus

CHARLESTON — After being selected earlier in September to participate in a new nuclear energy program, Gov. Patrick Morrisey and state energy officials submitted a letter Wednesday night declining to proceed after the governor said the state would not be a dumping ground for waste. The ...

Capito hits campaign trail after wins on permitting reform, NIL

CHARLESTON – The U.S. Senate adjourned Wednesday night for a recess prior to the Nov. 3 midterm general election, with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito hitting the campaign trail with a pending deal on permitting reform and the passage of the college athletics bill. After months of bipartisan ...