There’s something special about seeing history preserved, an admittedly sentimental satisfaction in knowing that the old can coexist with the new. Which is what makes the efforts to restore and […]
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Feb. 13 letters to the editor
HB 2232 could undo any city ordinance A delegate was quoted in The Dominion Post on Sunday, Jan. 30, saying, “we have finally seen come to fruition what many people […]
Black History Month: Don’t ban history — teach it
by Tracey L. Rogers When President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, he urged all Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of […]
There’s a better way than fact-checking COVID posts
by Faye Flam The right and left may not agree on what constitutes misinformation, but both would like to see less of it on social media. And as the world […]
An underfunded IRS only helps the wealthy (like me)
by Dale Walker The IRS started off the 2022 tax season ringing the alarm bells, warning taxpayers that they do not have the resources to return filers’ tax returns in […]
City of Morgantown no longer needs WVDOH approval to close High Street
MORGANTOWN — Portions of High Street could be limited to foot traffic on Friday and Saturday nights thanks to an arrangement between the City of Morgantown and the West Virginia […]
‘Don’t stop striving’: Morgantown teen pens book about the female pioneers of STEM
This is how you write a book. After the speeches and the requisite cutting of the ribbon with the giant, movie-prop scissors, Anna Brusoe stayed in orbit, long enough for […]
NOTEBOOK: Oklahoma State dominated in the paint when WVU’s plan was to make Cowboys take jump shots
MORGANTOWN — Malik Curry said the plan against Oklahoma State was to try and force the Cowboys into becoming a jump shooting team. That plan went awry in the early […]
Stanley Lake
Stanley Allen Lake Sr. passed away unexpectedly Friday, Jan. 28, 2022 at Mon Health Medical Center with his family by his side. Stanley was born Aug. 17, 1960, in Morgantown. […]
Darrell Simpson
Darrell “Jack” Simpson, 98, of Fields Park Road, Morgantown, passed at his home on the evening of Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. He was born in Tunnelton, on Jan. 31, 1924, […]
