A new route is being added to the “Morgantown Healthy Streets” initiative. Beginning Wednesday, Jackson Avenue will be closed to thru-traffic from Grand Street to Jefferson Street. This “soft closure” […]
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This is why the U.S. needs to end coastal drilling
The Orange County coastline has become the latest casualty of the nation’s unhealthy dependence on oil. In one of the biggest California spills in decades, a pipeline connected to an […]
Biden latest president to shun Haitians
by DeWayne Wickham On Sept. 24, at the end of a week that began with widely published images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback herding Haitian refugees like cattle […]
Taxing the rich isn’t a new idea
by Maura Quint The year is 1975. The Bee Gees are at the top of the charts. “The Godfather: Part II” just won the Academy Award for Best Picture. And […]
Ashleigh Weaver, Railey Reeves lead MHS girls’ soccer team past Preston
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Even in a lopsided win or loss, there are lessons to be learned. On Monday at Pony Lewis Field, it was Morgantown’s girls’ soccer team picking […]
DIY sauna builds space and character
Dear Diary, Building is hard work. But it is also oh-so-satisfying. On that note, progress on building a sauna is coming along quite well. The “we” mentioned in the following […]
South Park murder suspect pleads guilty
Michael Corney, 34, who shot and killed Chadwick Malone, 31, on Pennsylvania Avenue in Sept. 2020, pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree on Monday. Corney said he got […]
WVU Student Bell-Ringing
Ceremonies held for those who died in 2020-21 WVU Today Students, faculty, staff and members of the community gathered Monday in front of Oglebay Hall to honor West Virginia University […]
Justice names Jimmy Wriston as new Transportation secretary
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice announced that he appointed Jimmy Wriston as secretary of the West Virginia Department of Transportation, taking over for previous Secretary Byrd White, who retired in […]
Public invited to provide comment on Region VI economic development strategy via online survey
MORGANTOWN – The Region VI Planning and Development Council appointed a coalition of regional leaders to a Strategy Committee. The first priority for the committee is to develop a Comprehensive […]
