Monongalia County’s school district is continuing to inch to its way to what passes for normalcy in the (maybe) post-pandemic world. That was the message Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. delivered […]
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MUB discusses White Park trail project
MORGANTOWN — The board of directors for the Morgantown Utility Board got a crash course in all things trails on Tuesday as the body continues to work with the city […]
Two bills to save, and one bill to kill
The Legislature’s regular session ends Saturday, and there are two bills we’d like to see keep going and one that desperately needs to die. If HB 4252 sounds familiar, it’s […]
Ukrainian courage shames GOP
by Kevin McDermott A new hero to many Americans today is a man whose name they may have trouble pronouncing. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s bold stand against Russia’s invasion has […]
What is America’s foreign policy?
Oh, for the good old days of the Soviet Union. America’s foreign policy and goals were clear then: containment and opposition to communist expansion. Nuclear weapons were a deterrent, but […]
West Virginia meets Kansas State in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament
MORGANTOWN — The last-second shot that didn’t fall against Texas. The inbounds pass that was stolen away at Iowa State. The lost halftime leads. All of it played a role […]
Preston Commission adopts annexation application
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Commission approved an application form for submitting annexation by minor boundary adjustment requests, as the town of Reedsville looks to bring the post office into […]
House bill to reduce inspections of oil and gas brine tanks near drinking water intakes gets tabled in Senate Energy
MORGANTOWN – A House oil and gas bill that has caused some concern in the environmental community met its apparent end it Senate Energy on Tuesday. HB 2598 intended to […]
Darrell Wilt
Darrell Wayne Wilt, 82, of Morgantown, and formerly of Clarksburg, passed away on Feb. 9, 2022, at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. He was born on Jan. 12, 1940, in Cumberland, […]
James Gyorko
James Alan Gyorko, 73, of Morgantown, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at his home. According to his wishes, cremation services are being provided by Hastings Funeral Home. A […]








