CAMBRIDGE — John Marshall’s Zoe Zervos won the 2022 OVAC Cal Pokas Girls Jr. High Cross Country Championship. Saturday at chill-filled Cambridge High School’s 3.1-mile course, the Monarchs freshman broke […]
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Balloons Over Morgantown will brighten up the sky next weekend
Nineteen hot air balloons will fill the skies of Morgantown next weekend during the annual Balloons Over Morgantown event. University Toyota’s Balloons Over Morgantown is an adaptation of the decades-old […]
Dear DOH, neglecting is abdicating
The season is changing, the weather is cooling, the days are shorter and the leaves are putting on their autumn colors. Yet one thing remains the same: The state-maintained roads […]
Oct. 8 letters to the editor
What’s good for the world is good for W.Va. It often goes unrealized how addressing global poverty has an economic benefit to the United States. Likewise, it is often overestimated […]
Guest essay: Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with free event
by Cari Carpenter The City of Morgantown, one of hundreds of places proclaiming the second Tuesday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, is the site of the Oct. 9-10 free […]
Congress fails on budget — again
The stunning rebuke of Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker is yet another indication of the dysfunction of Congress. In this case, the House Republican majority was overruled by eight far-right […]
Don’t worry about global population collapse
by F.D. Flam The world’s massive human population is leveling off. Most projections show we’ll hit peak humanity in the 21st century, as people choose to have smaller families and […]
Food inflation is a hardship outside the Fed’s control
by Claudia Sahm It’s nearly impossible to have a conversation about inflation without mentioning food prices. And no wonder, as they are up 24% since the start of the pandemic […]
Barbara Thomas
Barbara Elaine (Martin) Thomas, 80, passed away at her home on Oct. 5, 2023. She was born on April 4, 1943, and grew up in Morgantown, and was a proud […]
Charles Scott
Charles “Charlie” L. Scott, 89, of Morgantown, passed away Oct. 6, 2023, at home. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Hastings Funeral Home. Visitation and funeral times will be announced […]
