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Westover VFD seeking city assistance with engine purchase

WESTOVER – The Westover Volunteer Fire Department is calling on the city to increase its annual financial support for the department. During Tuesday’s meeting of Westover City Council, Assistant Chief Brad Wilson said the city has been providing the department $5,000 as part of its yearly ...

Fundraisers launched for families of boating accident victims

The community is rallying to support the Rockwell and Epps families in the wake of an Aug. 30 catastrophic boating accident on the Monongahela River near Rices Landing in Greene County, Pa., that claimed four lives and left one survivor, who remains hospitalized in critical condition. Two ...

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 ...