Elizabeth Fairbanks Powell, 62, of Morgantown died on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. She was born Nov. 3, 1959.
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MAC looking forward to future with new vision, facilities, leadership
MORGANTOWN — For more than 40 years, the Monongalia Arts Center has focused on providing affordable, accessible arts to the community. While that remains the ultimate goal, it’s time for […]
Do you hear what I hear: Morgantown activists launch listening project for racial understanding
When’s the last time you really listened to what someone had to say? You know: Really listened. In an actual conversation, about a serious, societal issue — in an exchange […]
Morgantown Council asks Manchin to support Build Back Better
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council is asking West Virginia Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito to support President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better initiative. During council’s most recent session, […]
‘A Hero’ film offers an unflinching look at truth
BY ALISE CHAFFINS When we think of heroism, what often comes to mind are the big acts where countless lives are saved. In Asghar Farhadi’s latest film, “A Hero,” currently […]
Health Dept. urges vaccinations, boosters
KINGWOOD — COVID cases are beginning to decline in Preston County as the delta variant transitions to omicron — but staffing and equipment problems caused by the virus still exist. […]
About 40 children braved the weather for their free checkups
If it’s the first Friday in February and snowing (or sleeting or both), it must be Give Kids a Smile! at Monongalia County Health Department. However, the bad weather did […]
‘I’d call him an English gentleman’: Family describes missing Cheat Lake man
It’s been more than a month since Bryn Hargreaves last spoke to family in his native England. And when Monongalia County deputies tried the door to his Whisper Creek apartment […]
Morrisey’s trip to the border wasn’t about fentanyl
The flood of fentanyl — an extremely potent synthetic opioid — into the U.S. and, by extension, into West Virginia is alarming and something we should all be concerned about. […]
How to save democracy: Elect fewer jerks
by Peter Jensen Having recently completed my 40th year as a card-carrying journalist, I feel compelled to share the one small nugget of wisdom I have gleaned from all those […]
