Jerry Lee Laurita, 82, of Point Marion, Pa., passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. He was born on Dec. 27, 1939, in […]
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COVID numbers falling in Preston County
KINGWOOD — Preston County has seen a significant decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases in recent days, but the virus is still around. That’s what Preston County Health Department […]
Mon Commissioners say they will reconsider mask policy once county out of the red
MORGANTOWN — Members of the Monongalia County Commission said they’ll consider dropping the mask mandate for county facilities when the CDC pulls Monongalia County out of the “high” designation for […]
Malik Curry shows marked improvement after getting comfortable at West Virginia
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s best candidate for most-improved player may come with an asterisk. That’s only because Malik Curry wasn’t even on the Mountaineers’ roster last season. But, as the […]
Council approves budget, details of financing plan for facility improvements
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council breezed through a first reading of the city’s general fund ($39,486,629) and coal severance fund ($60,100) budgets for the upcoming 2023 fiscal year during its […]
The fight over Equal Rights Amendment
Those who have been following our legislative round-ups may recall reading about SCR 44. SCR 44 essentially rescinds West Virginia’s ratification of the federal Equal Rights Amendment, which stated, “Equality […]
Why it’s necessary to talk about Trump
by Kevin McDermott Every time that this column — or my colleagues’ columns, or the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board — mentions Donald Trump’s name, there’s a segment of readers […]
Failing to understand evil: Then and now
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine under several pretexts reminds me of Adolf Hitler’s rationale for invading and annexing Sudetenland in 1938 and his invasion […]
COLUMN: West Virginia’s defensive struggles aren’t physical, just a matter of not caring
MORGANTOWN — At some point, it has to be said that this West Virginia basketball team is not good defensively, not because it’s not capable, but because the majority of […]
NOTEBOOK: Pauly Paulicap plays solid minutes in loss to Oklahoma
MORGANTOWN — Going simply by a gut feeling, Pauly Paulicap felt he was due for a better game. The West Virginia forward has spent the majority of the season making […]
