West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) crews have completed work in recent days repairing a sinkhole in Star City. The hole, which was located near the former Texas Roadhouse location […]
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Morgantown History Museum free of charge, full of information
In a time of high inflation, free entertainment is at a premium. On a recent weekend, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that admittance to the Morgantown History Museum requires […]
N.Y. artist brings ‘The Modern Pop Art Experience’ to town
New York artist Michael Albert comes to Morgantown this week for a pop-up workshop with The Arts Council of Greater Morgantown (ACGM). Albert regularly hosts collage workshops for artists and […]
Morgantown Council approves tree bid as part of MUB’s White Park agreement
MORGANTOWN — It was April 2019 when residents first noticed trees marked for removal in White Park, kicking off a months-long drama between the city of Morgantown and the Morgantown […]
Elise Paugh
Elise Glean Paugh, 91, of Kingwood, died Monday April 3, 2023, at Stonerise of Kingwood. The daughter of the late Granvil and Hazel Dessie Bennett Merritt, she was born Aug. […]
Coopers Rock overlook closure may have an end date — hopefully sooner than later
West Virginia is blessed with the beauty of nature’s bounty. From the rolling hills, to the plunging gorges, to the rushing rivers and placid lakes, the Mountain State is home […]
Why do so many young white men in America find fascism ‘cool’?
by Omer Aziz Last fall, just blocks from my apartment in Cambridge, Mass., a gang of neo-Nazis gathered in Harvard Square on a Sunday afternoon. Videos showed a group of […]
A message for Donald Trump: Character matters
Leaving aside all the sometimes legitimate and sometimes illegitimate responses from defenders of former President Donald Trump following his indictment by a New York grand jury, there is something that […]
Cee-Bees regroup late to top Magnolia 3-2
BLACKSVILLE – When it comes to high school baseball, cleanliness is next to, winningness? Before the Clay-Battelle baseball season even started, head coach Johnny Coombs knew that his team […]
Fledging cybersecurity professionals go after the (fake) bad guys
WHITE HALL — America’s businesses, hospitals, colleges, and banks are under a daily cyber assault. The larger ones, industry watchers say, can expect to endure around 1,200 such attacks a […]






