MORGANTOWN — Bills to lower insulin and insulin device copays, and to put more oil and gas well inspectors into the field topped the list of bills winning approval in […]
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Senate passes bill to address jail-funding problem
Senators passed a bill affecting the longstanding problem of regional jail bill costs. Senate Bill 596 sets a per day inmate base rate and establishes a formula for calculating fees. […]
Senate Education moves bill to allow pilot program for nontraditional school week and teacher prep time
MORGANTOWN — The Senate Education Committee approved a bill on Thursday that would set up a three-year nontraditional school week pilot program where kids go to school four days and […]
Bill to separate DHHR into three agencies heads to gov’s desk
Senators voted overwhelmingly to divide the Department of Health and Human Resources into three separate agencies, and Gov. Jim Justice says he is open to signing the bill into law. […]
Panel discussion to discuss relationship between art and war
Art exists not only to allow humankind to express itself, but also to help us understand problems and concepts that sometimes feel too large or heavy to grasp. A panel […]
Gardner Winter Music Festival returns after 2-year hiatus
After a two-year hiatus, the Gardner Winter Music Festival will be held in person this year, starting Friday evening and all-day Saturday at South Middle School in Morgantown. This annual […]
Litigation continues in Dalton civil service hearing
Day two of the civil service hearing for fired Westover Police officer Aaron Dalton concluded Wednesday after Westover Civil Service Commissioners Justin White, Jessica Thompson and Robert Berryman heard over […]
In an info vacuum, an oft-repeated rumor can be mistaken for truth
The announcement that North Elementary’s principal and vice principal have been put on leaves of absence came as a shock. A letter was sent to the North community last Tuesday, […]
‘D’ has become the new scarlet letter
by Lawrence Goldstone On a recent episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” former 10-term Ohio Democratic congressman Tim Ryan, who had recently lost a Senate race to best-selling author, […]
What global warming might do to New England
Maine’s Aroostook County — the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island put together — is way north. Bordering the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, many of its people […]
