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Counting Sheep until the West Virginia Fiber Festival returns

MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Fiber Festival returns to Morgantown from Sept. 18 and 19 at the Mon County Center in Mylan Park. The goal of the festival is to promote economic growth in the natural fiber industry of West Virginia and the greater Appalachian region. Additionally, the event ...

Morgantown’s 16th urban archery hunt opens Saturday

MORGANTOWN – The 16th season of Morgantown’s Urban Archery Hunt opens Saturday. Program organizer Rick Bebout recently told Morgantown City Council that 94 hunters will participate utilizing predetermined hunting sites on 42 properties citywide made up of a combination of public and ...

Search for missing boaters in Greene County turns to recovery

RICES LANNDING – The search has entered recovery mode for three people missing after a boat-barge collision Sunday night near Rices Landing, Greene County, Emergency Management Agency Director Richard Policz said Monday afternoon. Greene County 911 took the emergency call from the captain ...

Mon Habitat dedicates two more homes in University City

MORGANTOWN – In Elaine McVay’s world, nothing makes a home … like insulation. And siding and gutters and landscaping. Don’t forget the roof shingles over your head and the flooring under your feet. Yep, you have all those components, the executive director of Mon Valley Habitat for ...

Tygart Valley United Way VITA planning for many happy returns this tax season

FAIRMONT – Forget football season, Casey Gilbert said. Thanksgiving and Christmas, too, adds Gilbert, who is community impact director of Fairmont-based Tygart Valley United Way. And that’s because tax time – yes, really – will be here before we know it, she said. Which is why her organization, which serves people and nonprofits across Marion, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker and Randolph counties, is already gearing up. A recent AmeriCorps grant offering will now be used to fund the organization’s Volunteer Income Tax assistance program for the next three years while also expanding ...