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WIC to host breastfeeding awareness walk

MORGANTOWN — Area residents will have an opportunity to learn more about breastfeeding and to show support for the practice with a walk around a city block when the Monongalia County Health Department’s Women, Infants & Child (WIC) program holds the annual Breastfeeding Awareness Walk ...

W.Va. Governor’s Office provides TANF update

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS For the Dominion Post CHARLESTON – A spokesperson for Gov. Patrick Morrisey said West Virginia's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program is spending far more than it receives in federal grants, but the state's chief banker said it's within the governor's ...

Commission compares carryover, jail bill

MORGANTOWN – When the Monongalia County Commission approved its Fiscal Year 2027 budget in March, the $44 million spending plan anticipated $10 million would be carried over from FY 2026. That number ended up being $8,926,606 – a difference of $1,073,140 to be pulled from the county’s ...

Winfield VFD recovers wayward park fixture

RIVESVILLE – What a long, strange trip it’s been … for the kayak ramp at Palatine Park. A short, strange trip, anyway. The handicapped-accessible ramp that’s a key fixture at the popular park and outdoor music venue in Fairmont set sail last week for a time. Palatine is nestled ...

Morgantown to host first National Night Out, with a nod to Fairmont

MORGANTOWN – For more than four decades, National Night Out has served as an annual community building effort aimed at strengthening the relationships between first responders, particularly police officers, and the communities they serve. Since its inception in 1984, the concept has spread ...

Going straight to source — on a statewide stage

CHARLESTON – Food for thought. For sure. And it didn’t take long. Local clergyman the Rev. Kevin Cain – “Rev Kev,” to all who know him – became known across Morgantown years ago as the guy who prepared and served all those meals, to all those football and basketball players, in ...