Researcher hopes study of mental illness in student athletes will reduce stigma, raise awareness

December 30, 2018

It’s bowl season for college football, and Robert Hilliard wants to remind you of something while you’re regarding the slog to that sport’s national championship. Maybe you peaked in the Pop Warner League. Maybe you never got past touch-football in the backyard. No matter, the WVU researcher said. He wants to remind you that  football players in the rarified air of Division I ... aren’t all that different from you. Yes, really. Even if they can knock you flat in the backfield and beat you by two or three lengths in the 40-yard dash. Nine years ago, Hilliard, now a ...

Hotels, Airbnb see growth as rental service complements state’s hospitality industry

December 30, 2018

West Virginia  experienced growth in the hotel industry this year, Airbnb, which offers residents a chance to rent out their own properties for extra income,  also noticed a bump. Airbnb recently announced  its West Virginia participants earned a total of $10 million in supplemental income in 2018. Those hosts also welcomed about 90,000 guests to the Mountain State this year. Monongalia County was the sixth most popular destination in the state, welcoming 4,800 guests for a total of $479,000 in host income. Preston came in 11th with 2,300 guests and $239,000 in total host ...

David Sills, Jabril Robinson, David Long filled with emotion after loss to Syracuse

December 29, 2018

ORLANDO, Fla. — It is the finite nature of college football that accounts for its heightened emotion. For each individual player, the window is always set at four years. Sometimes less. There is always a definitive ending from which there is no return. On Friday night, several ...

WVU Medicine, Mon Health continue history of cooperation, competition

December 29, 2018

MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine continued to make advances in 2018. Meanwhile, WVU Medicine and Mon Health continued their history of cooperation and competition — shaking hands over an ambulance agreement while trading lawsuits over doctors who switched teams. The ambulance agreement is covered in our Monongalia County wrap-up. The university saw a historic gathering of seven presidents in one room and saw five fraternities break away to form their own Interfraternity Council. Dates are publication dates of the stories. Trading doctors Jan. 20: Mon Health recently added four new ...

A look back at what got the town talking in 2018

December 29, 2018

Haymaker Forest, riverfront revitalization, cherry trees, deputy mayor drama and city boards and commissions all got people talking about Morgantown City Council in 2018. In the woods Morgantown City Council indefinitely postponed the second reading of a highly controversial $5.2 million ...

How to dispose your Christmas tree after the holidays

December 29, 2018

MORGANTOWN — After the holidays, the National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA) said instead of throwing your real Christmas tree in the trash or setting it on the curb, consider other options. “The best way to avoid a mess removing your tree is to place a plastic tree bag (available ...