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Thousands of students to graduate during busy WVU commencement weekend

MORGANTOWN — Years of hard work and dedication will culminate with commencement ceremonies for graduating WVU students this weekend. Roughly 3,500 students will walk as part of WVU’s Spring 2019 graduating class — tossing their tassels, walking the podium, and receiving their ...

New Aldi location in Sabraton gets planning commission approvals

MORGANTOWN — The former home of Freedom Ford on Earl L Core Road in Sabraton may become the site of a new Aldi grocery store by spring 2020. The first steps toward that eventuality transpired Thursday night when the Morgantown Planning Commission approved two requests from the national ...

WVU Honors College grads ready to ‘go out and do great things’

MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia University Honors College is all about resiliency – academic and personal. And that was evident at the opening of Thursday’s Medallion Ceremony at the Creative Arts Center. Acting Dean Ryan Claycomb invited everyone — students and families — to ...

Bray Cary, governor’s senior adviser, now off EQT board

CHARLESTON — Bray Cary, senior adviser for West Virginia’s governor, is departing the board of the natural gas giant EQT. As reported by The Wall Street Journal and others, Cary is one of three board members stepping away ahead of a shareholder vote likely to determine control of the ...

Bloom: White Park discussion has impacts beyond city’s boundaries

MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commission President Tom Bloom said the current uproar over the Morgantown Utility Board’s halted plan to place a raw-water pipeline through Morgantown’s White Park could have impacts well beyond the city’s boundaries. “I just want it real clear that ...