MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine's new $12 million residential addiction treatment facility should begin accepting patients sometime in March, according to WVU Medicine Public Affairs Director Amy Johns. While the facility is located within the understood boundaries of Mylan Park, it isn’t ...
MORGANTOWN — Every three minutes someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer in the United States, according to Gift of Life, a nonprofit that aims to sign people up for the bone marrow registry. The organization said blood cancer is a generic term for cancers that affect the blood, bone marrow or lymphatic system in about 130,000 people a year. Dr. Abraham Kanate, medical director of WVU Medicine’s Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy & Cellular Therapy Program, said common diseases that can require a bone marrow transplant are multiple myeloma, lymphoma, acute leukemia, ...
MORGANTOWN — Thanksgiving started when Native Americans and Pilgrims came together for a three-day feast and Karen King believes that community should still be a key part of the holiday. King is organizing Wesley United Methodist Church’s 10th annual Thanksgiving dinner and said the ...
MORGANTOWN — The Handcrafted Cooperative held its first holiday market on Saturday at the pavilion on Spruce Street. Founder Megan Ursic said she wanted to create a place where the community could come and support small businesses and buy handmade items.She said many of the 45 vendors ...
MORGANTOWN — The Shack Neighborhood House celebrated its 90th birthday Saturday. The party gave an opportunity for different generations of the Shack to come together and share their stories, Executive Director Tia Lasporgara, said. Several different baskets, including a Yankee Candle ...
PENTRESS — Three people are dead after an accident between a large rig truck and a crossover SUV on W. Va. 7 in front Chisler Brothers in Pentress on Friday afternoon. Chief Deputy Al Kisner of the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department, said two people died in the accident and a third ...
