Patricia J. Coombs, 71, of Morgantown, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021.McCulla Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time. For further updates, please […]
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Fredrick Powell
On Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, Fredrick Daniel Powell, 67, loving son and father, passed. Dan was born Dec. 8, 1953, in Morgantown, to Fred and Wanda Powell. Dan was a […]
Edward Metheny
Edward Everett Metheny, 97, of Reedsville, passed away on Aug. 8, 2021, at Preston Memorial Hospital. He was born Dec. 13, 1923, a son of Carl and Emma Metheny. He […]
Charting a new path: W.Va. Academy to make another run to be state’s first charter school
Will Monongalia County be home to West Virginia’s first charter school after all? That’s a definite maybe, John Treu said. Or even a solid, most likely. Treu, a WVU accounting […]
The time is ‘right now’ for WVU following scrimmage with three weeks until first game at Maryland
MORGANTOWN — A light drizzle began to fall at Milan Puskar Stadium just as the WVU football team walked off the field following their first scrimmage of fall camp Saturday. […]
Morgantown volleyball team taking notes from Team USA heading into 2021 season
BY MATTHEW PEASLEE The USA women’s volleyball team started its run through the summer Olympics with a strong unbeaten streak. The Morgantown High volleyball team followed the Americans closely, hoping for […]
Changing climate, development factor into impacts of extreme weather
MORGANTOWN — “We have an issue. A big issue that needs to be addressed,” Evan Hansen said. Hansen, one of Monongalia County’s representatives in the West Virginia House of Delegates, […]
Youth livestock show and auction benefits kids, community
MORGANTOWN — Despite COVID-19 canceling the Monongalia County Fair for the second year in a row, the Monongalia County Youth Livestock Show and Auction happened anyway this Friday and Saturday. […]
Morrisey making a mistake by rejecting cut of $26B settlement
At the end of July, three drug distributors and one drugmaker settled with a bipartisan group of states’ attorneys general for $26 billion. Distributors Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen and McKesson would […]
Carlson paving path to fascism
by David Zurawik I suppose it is naive to be shocked by anything from Fox News and its prime-time star Tucker Carlson. But even though I have been arguing for […]
