By Keenan Cummings MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia football program hasn’t hosted a formal official visit weekend since December 2019, but the times are changing. The NCAA recruiting dead period […]
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West Virginians grapple with the future of the state’s energy production
MORGANTOWN – Mason Anderson is a 21-year-old contracted worker at Mobile Power Washing who works at the coal-fired Fort Martin power plant in Maidsville, West Virginia. Last year, he decided […]
Ways we observe Memorial Day
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial is adapted from one that originally ran on May 26, 2020. Some still can’t observe Memorial Day the way they usually would, as the pandemic still […]
Airbnb took down my negative review
by Timothy L. O’Brien My family visited Hudson, N.Y., for a couple of days in March for the same reason everyone goes there. It’s a cool little town surrounded by […]
Reversing Roe v. Wade would be wrong, but not ‘anti-democratic’
by Michael McGough May 19 marked the first meeting of a commission appointed by President Joe Biden to study possible changes to the Supreme Court including an increase in its […]
Black Bears remain winless with loss to Williamsport
GRANVILLE — On a chilly Sunday afternoon, the West Virginia Black Bears ended their series against the Williamsport Crosscutters in a 4-2 loss at Monongalia County Ballpark. Despite loading the […]
Memorial Day 2021: ‘These guys walked the same hallways as you’
As the hearse from New Jersey whispered among headstones and tree-lined lanes, the old soldiers of the Taylor County Honor Guard snapped to attention, like the warriors they once were. […]
Urban Archery Hunt keeps deer populations down and locals fed
MORGANTOWN — For Rick Bebout, there is nothing better than filling Trinity Episcopal Church’s community kitchen freezers to the brim with venison meat. That’s because each pound of ground venison […]
New no-wake zone coming to Mon River
In 2014, a West Virginia legislative rule established a no-wake zone at the Morgantown Waterfront. The no-wake zone is “on the Monongahela River at the Morgantown waterfront beginning 500 feet […]
Fairness WV and others call for support from representatives
Outspoken advocates for the Equality Act suggested senators and delegates need to publicly show support for the bill to help get it passed. The bipartisan Equality Act will update federal […]
