MORGANTOWN – Two Morgantown business owners have been named by law enforcement in a national sweep targeting COVID-era loan fraud. On Tuesday, the Northern District of West Virginia announced the sentencing and plea agreement as part of a nationwide enforcement action led by the Justice ...
By David Beard CLARKSBURG – FBI employees assembled in the Criminal Justice Information Services Division auditorium Tuesday morning to honor Michael Walsh with their 2025 Director’s Community Leadership Award. Walsh is director of security and campus services at Vandalia Health Mon ...
MORGANTOWN – Touting “Mountaineer momentum,” WVU President Michael Benson offered a bit of a progress report Monday during his second State of the University address. “We are in a state of intentional forward motion,” he said during the roughly 30-minute address offered prior to the ...
FAIRMONT- The Kibar Americas’ aluminum manufacturing facility celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 14 at 1800 Speedway Ave. in Fairmont. Kibar Americas is a Turkish global business firm that focuses on flat-rolled aluminum, according to the Kibar Americas ...
MORGANTOWN – There has been a rise of childhood-inspired alcoholic beverages on the market, raising questions about statewide alcohol regulations. These beverages, including Buzzballz, Pop-Tarts, Hard Mountain Dew, SunnyD Vodka Seltzer and Popsicle Hard, are marketed to adults craving nostalgia, according to West Virginia University Professor of Advertising Emily Tanner. Tanner explained that this strategy works due to familiarity and emotional sympathy. “Familiarity lowers that psychological barrier, right? They don’t have to explain the flavor. Like, if you see a ...
CHARLESTON – A group of lawmakers are trying to avoid the drama of the last night of the Legislature and find agreement on a draft bill meant to protect students from being pulled out of public school while under child welfare reviews, but homeschool advocates remain opposed and some ...
