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8 horses in barn fire die in southern Monongalia County

MONONGALIA COUNTY — Firefighters from Monongalia and Marion counties spent about an hour battling a barn fire on U.S. 19 that killed several horses on Thursday. Capt. D. Rinehart, with River Road Volunteer Fire Department, said eight horses were in the barn and did not escape the ...

Lawsuit filed by former Kingwood police officers partially dismissed

KINGWOOD —  Kingwood, the mayor and two former police officers have agreed to dismiss three of the six counts in a civil suit filed by the officers. Former Officers Todd Nestor and Felix Thorn filed suit in April, after resigning without explanation from Kingwood Police. Council and the ...

Mountain Line looking to help those stranded by closure of nonprofit

MORGANTOWN — Mountain Line Transit Authority’s efforts to fill the void left by the closure of nonprofit In Touch and Concerned began on Wednesday. Mountain Line Director Dave Bruffy addressed the Monongalia County Commission regarding those efforts. He was joined by Mountain Line ...

Carol Miller joins US House as only new Republican woman

CHARLESTON — When U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., became a member of the West Virginia Legislature in 2007, she joined the 100-member House of Delegates as one of 28 Republicans. As Miller’s tenure in the state Legislature continued, Republicans eventually took control of the  House ...

Morgantown area’s first baby of the year born at Mon Health Medical Center

MORGANTOWN — Once Sheridan Quindell Dean got going, he really got going. Even if his mother and father, Kristina Bruni and Quindell Dean, thought he’d never get here to be the Morgantown area’s first baby of the year for 2019. Sheridan made his acquaintance with the world at 3:37 ...

Bloom remains president, commission talks taxes to start 2019

MORGANTOWN — During its first meeting of 2019, the Monongalia County Commission elected to keep Commissioner Tom Bloom in the president’s chair for another year and passed three measures tied to the refunding of property taxes for two of WVU’s private development partners. The refunds ...