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Three-story retail, residential building planned for High Street

MORGANTOWN — By this time next year a three-story, mixed-use building featuring multiple retail storefronts topped with eight, two-bedroom residential units will likely stand at 461 High Street, the current location of the diminutive Sandwich U. At least that’s the plan according to ...

Trial starts for woman who killed WVU student with vehicle

MORGANTOWN — The trial for the woman who struck and killed a pedestrian in a crosswalk at the intersection of Patteson Drive and Morrill Way began in Monongalia County Magistrate Court on Thursday. Michelle Gelada, 21, of Watagh, N.Y., is charged with negligent homicide for striking and ...

11 business owners celebrate completing SBA Emerging Leaders Program

FAIRMONT -- 11Eleven local small business owners celebrated the completion of West Virginia’s first-ever Small Business Administration Emerging Leaders Program Thursday night at Muriale’s in Fairmont. The evening opened with a graduation ceremony and ended with pasta, meatballs and ...

West Virginia Supreme Court sides with University Park in assessment dispute

MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled on behalf of University Park at Evansdale in a multi-year legal battle with the Monongalia County Assessor’s office regarding the tax liability of the property for the 2015 tax year. The court, in an opinion filed Thursday and issued ...

Festival of Ideas program set for tonight cancelled

MORGANTOWN – Tonight’s David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas event at WVU has been cancelled due to an unforeseen travel schedule conflict. The program, “HATE: Why We Should Resist It With Free Speech, Not Censorship,” was originally scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. in the ...