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Marion BOE tosses flag -- again -- on turf proposal

FAIRMONT – From 1938 through the late 1970s, the Friday night lights couldn’t have glowed brighter across Fairmont and Marion County. The county then boasted seven high schools, and all occasionally played their “home” games at East-West Stadium. East-West is the masonry marvel on ...

Gameday traffic no worse than usual in Morgantown

MORGANTOWN – Reports of traffic backups on Interstate 79 between Star City and Mount Morris, Pa., appear to stem more from construction on an overpass rather than West Virginia University gameday travelers or the new traffic lights at Exit 155 at Chaplin Road. Greene County (Pennsylvania) ...

Morgantown High School is with Merit (again)

MORGANTOWN – West Virginia’s National Merit semifinalists have been announced for 2027 and Morgantown High School is once again in elite academic company. As in recent years, the school on Wilson Avenue is leading the state in nominations for the honor. Of the 76 students named across ...

Victim recovering from house explosion in Monongah on Labor Day

MONONGAH – Authorities on Tuesday were still sifting through the remains of a house on Wine Drive here that exploded during the evening of Labor Day. What was left – wasn’t much. Neighbors reported hearing an explosion around 10 p.m. – and then seeing smoke and fire in the direction ...