A couple of weeks ago, Gov. Jim Justice and state Senate leaders weren’t in the same ballpark on changing the state’s tax code. Now they’re at least in the same […]
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A sampling of bills introduced Friday, Jan. 13
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Friday, Jan. 13. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted.
Morgantown Planning Commission requests proposal on firearm sales restrictions
MORGANTOWN — It appears as if a proposal regulating where guns can be sold in the city of Morgantown is going to be taken up by the Morgantown Planning Commission. […]
Warner to fight D.C. ‘wokeism’ … as governor?
Mac Warner says he’s going to fight the “wokeism” and “absolute silliness” of Washington, D.C., because “We don’t want their liberal agenda, we don’t want 87,000 new IRS agents, we […]
Strange weather becoming normal
Too many people believe that snow and cold weather are proof that “global warming” is a hoax, but no one ever said climate change meant no more snow. Rather, while […]
Embattled politicians’ strategy: brazenness
by Nicholas Goldberg It was highly amusing to watch then-Congressman-elect George Santos ducking and weaving to avoid the media scrum on his first day on Capitol Hill. Darting in and […]
The super-duper majorities in the W.Va. Legislature
The 2023 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature began this week with the Republicans in absolute control of the agenda. The 2022 election and party switches have given the […]
Hawks roll in win over visiting Knights
MORGANTOWN — While it’s not always the case, sometimes you get an early indication of how a basketball game is probably going to go, and Thursday’s University girls home match-up […]
University wrestling bests Parkersburg South with all-around effort
MORGANTOWN — Two of the top wrestling teams in the state met on Thursday evening on Baker’s Ridge under the spotlight at UHS as the fourth-ranked Hawks hosted the third-ranked […]
Morgantown girls top Trinity 64-34 in cross-town matchup
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown high is the biggest public high school in West Virginia with an enrollment that eclipses 1,800 students. The Mohigans’ girls’ basketball team was the Class AAAA state […]






