The board overseeing finances for the Public Employees Insurance Agency went ahead with straight premium increases to get in line with recently passed legislation. The finance board made that decision […]
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Legislature hobbled PFAS Protection Act
In September 2022, we editorialized on the U.S. Geological Survey report on the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in West Virginia’s water, which found 37 of 279 water […]
Nashville shooting shows what Second Amendment was not meant to protect
by LZ Granderson Sandy Hook is the mass shooting I hear mentioned most often when people talk about the moment they knew nothing would change. A madman murders 26 people […]
Virgin Hyperloop project stalls out
Two-and-a-half years ago, Gov. Jim Justice announced with much fanfare that a futuristic company was making an enormous investment here. Virgin Hyperloop would locate a testing and certification facility on […]
MHS hosts 1st annual Mohigan Classic at Mon County Ballpark
MORGANTOWN — You always remember your first. Like most kids from small high schools, Morgantown High baseball coach Pat Sherald will never forget the first time he played in a […]
Gary Smith
Gary “Sonny” Allen Smith, 78, of Morgantown, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. He was born Aug. 17, 1944, to the late Willis Gay Smith and […]
Dottie Boswell
Dottie Rue Boswell, 90, of New Martinsville, died Monday, March 27, 2023, at Stonerise Skilled Nursing Facility in Morgantown, after a brief illness. She was born in Harrison Township, Ohio […]
Rodney Chapman
Rodney Edward Chapman, 75, of 103 Grove St., Westover, passed away peacefully into the arms of angels, on Wednesday morning, March 29, 2023 at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. Rodney was […]
Shirley Snider
Shirley Ann Snider, 81, of Morgantown, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, with her family by her side. Friends and family will be received at Hastings Funeral Home, 153 […]
Betty Cuppett
Betty Jo Cuppett, 97, passed away on March 28, 2023, at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley. Betty Jo was born on Dec. 11, 1925, in Terra Alta, daughter of the late […]
