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City manager anticipates criticism of annexation report

Morgantown City Manager Paul Brake said the city’s administration has not withheld a report of potential annexation targets and relevant data since January in an attempt to be secretive, but because it needs time to prepare for what promises to be a complex and contentious process. The ...

Friends of Deckers cleans up creek bank, trail

Friends of Deckers Creek received a helping hand, or rather several, in an effort to brighten the path along the waterway the organization is named for. In collaboration with the Morgantown Tree Board and other organizations, FODC recruited volunteers to help clean up litter along the ...

WVU Medicine Children’s Kids Fair promotes health with activities, prizes

MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Mall was wall-to-wall with activities and informational booths Saturday for the WVU Medicine Children’s Kids Fair. This year’s theme, “Healthy Ever After” prompted the attendance of princesses, and kids were encouraged to dress as their favorite storybook ...

WVU Core Arboretum offers spring flower, bird walks

MORGANTOWN — Outdoor enthusiasts will only have short period of time to see spring flowers at the Arboretum in April. Starting Sunday, the WVU Core Arboretum will host Spring Nature Events. Free to the public, the Department of Biology will hold its spring ephemeral wildflower walks. The ...

ChalleNGe Academy suit in cadet’s death settled

KINGWOOD — A suit filed five years ago by the father of a Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy cadet who died is being settled out of court. Gatlin Jones, 17, left the academy July 18, 2012, and was found dead July 30 near the Cheat River. His father, George E. Jones, administrator for the estate, ...

Md. police arrest 2 from Morgantown involved in fatal crash

MCHENRY, Md. — Maryland State Police arrested a man and woman from Morgantown, who face charges related to a 2018 crash that left two children dead in Garrett County. Joshua Murray, 40, and Crystal Adams, 35, were arrested Wednesday by West Virginia State Police. Both waived extradition ...