Editor’s Note: Today’s editorial continues from “This is Biden’s Kobayshi Maru,” which ran yesterday, Aug. 19. We could cast blame for the mess in Afghanistan all the way back to […]
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Backing the blue takes back seat to Trump
by LZ Granderson Last week, former President Donald Trump ratcheted up his efforts to turn Ashli Babbitt, the insurrectionist who was slain in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, into […]
Trevor Donovan’s approach to celebrity a much-needed throwback
Once upon a time, film was an industry that focused on finding ways to tell good stories and entertain viewers. Today, thanks to social media and the constant emphasis on […]
Poll: West Virginians ready to embrace new energy future, secure good jobs
MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Nature Conservancy teamed to conduct a poll on West Virginian’s views of the state’s energy future. The results, released Thursday […]
‘Who here doesn’t need clean water?’ Sierra Club and others implore Capito to vote for $3 trillion infrastructure package
It didn’t take Betsy Lawson long to gather the orange rocks she brought with her to the rally Thursday afternoon. Same for the water of that same tint she scooped […]
MPO Policy Board holds the line on Dents Run intersection project, will study UTC
MORGANTOWN — Sending a message. That’s how Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board Chairman Tom Bloom explained Thursday’s policy board decision to reject a West Virginia Department of Highways […]
Show your support for WVU with United Way’s new 2021 T-shirt designs
There’s nothing like the rush of filling a stadium in the cool, crisp autumn air with a sea of gold-wearing Mountaineers fans cheering “Let’s Go … Mountaineers.” And the United […]
W.Va.’s new COVID milestone: Deaths from disease top 3,000
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia marked a sad milestone Thursday as COVID-19 deaths topped 3,000 in the state — at 3,0001. With the more infectious, deadlier Delta variant causing surges nationwide, […]
No. 12 WVU women’s soccer team opens season with a shutout against Buffalo
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Maya McCutcheon’s career with the WVU women’s soccer team got off to a fast start Thursday. The Oklahoma transfer recorded a goal and an assist, as […]
What’s blooming at WVBG: The familiar and not-so-familiar
MORGANTOWN — This week at the West Virginia Botanic Garden, at 1061 Tyrone Road, we focus on some things familiar and a few things not so familiar. From the familiar […]












