“Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered.” Those famous words from beloved The Price is Right game show host Bob Barker were more than just a […]
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Preston commission hears IT plans for next year
KINGWOOD — itMindshare, the company that handles Preston County’s IT infrastructure, presented its recommendations for the 2022-23 fiscal year at the most recent Preston County Commission meeting. It’s been a […]
Green Bag Road project clears environmental hurdle as officials plan for next phase
MORGANTOWN — Improvements to Green Bag Road touted as necessary in order to improve traffic flow and route heavy trucks around, instead of through, downtown Morgantown have cleared the environmental […]
Minister and activist D.D. Meighen begins WVU appointment
The minister didn’t even make it two months into his retirement. “Well, you know how it goes,” D.D. Meighen said with a chuckle, Friday. Meighen, 78, started a new job […]
With No. 6 Kansas in town, Bob Huggins breaks out a lighter side during frustrating season
MORGANTOWN — A basketball coach pulls into a Burger King … It sounds like the start of a joke, sort of along the same lines of the hundreds out there […]
A look at bills introduced Friday, Feb. 18
MORGANTOWN — Here is a look at some of the bills introduced on Friday, Feb. 18. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. SB 671, to modernize the law […]
House committees approve carbon sequestration, school consolidation impact statement bills
MORGANTOWN – The House Judiciary Committee kept the House carbon sequestration bill moving forward Friday. And House Education OK’d a bill regarding school consolidation impact statements. The sequestration bill is […]
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WVU POLICE Anderson, Devin, 19, of Morgantown, possession, Feb. 8, Officer Hunt. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES Emerson, Jeremy R., 40, of Morgantown, possession, Feb. 17, Deputy Stemple. DUI RELATED Currence, Brodie Seth, […]
Morgantown High swim team sends eight to state finals, girls take home multiple titles
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown High swim team was represented by 11 total swimmers (eight girls and three boys) on Friday at the WVSSAC state swim meet championship round at Mylan […]
State Senate OKs bill paving the way for learning pods and microschools as education alternatives
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate started clearing the path for two more alternatives to public schools Friday, passing SB 268. It spells out the requirements for microschools and learning pods, […]
