MORGANTOWN – With five days to go in the legislative session, Gov. Jim Justice held a personal income tax repeal summit with legislative leaders Monday, and unveiled a revised plan […]
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West Virginia men’s hoops adds grad transfer Dimon Carrigan
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — West Virginia’s front line next season just got a little bit bigger. The Mountaineers received a commitment Monday from 6-foot-9, 215-pound forward Dimon Carrigan, a graduate […]
Raymond Baker
Mr. Raymond Harrison Baker, 76, a former resident of Belington, and more recently of Weston, departed this life early Saturday morning April 3, 2021, in the St. Joseph Hospital at […]
Morgantown City Clerk to hold registration drive Tuesday
MORGANTOWN — For Morgantown residents, Tuesday is the final day to become a registered voter in order to participate in Morgantown’s April 27 municipal election. In order to help facilitate […]
House committee tweaks Senate city annexation bill; counsel stirs some confusion about extent of current law
MORGANTOWN – The House Government Organization committee took up the Senate municipal annexation bill Monday and eased some of the bill’s additional restrictions on annexation by minor boundary adjustment. But […]
Firefighters demand public hearing over pay cut; city responds
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown’s firefighters have demanded a public hearing with the civil service commission over the pay reduction they say was retaliation by the city manager for refusing a lawsuit […]
Senate punts action on major income tax, budget bills; House adopts resolution to make pepperoni roll state food
MORGANTOWN –- Monday was a relatively low-key day for the House and Senate floor sessions. Bills were passed, but the Senate punted action on some of its major bills to […]
Albright firefighter dies on duty
KINGWOOD — Albright volunteer firefighter Charles W. Miller lost his life Sunday while responding to the station for a brush fire. On his Facebook page, firefighter Matthew Feather posted, “It […]
Caroline Riggs discusses challenges swimming through COVID-19 pandemic
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown High’s Caroline Riggs happily accepted her state championship plaque at Mylan Park in February 2020, winning the 200-freestyle. Little did she know, that was the last time […]
Don’t scrap the filibuster. Mend it
The Senate will soon be asked to vote on contentious bills to tighten gun controls and reform the country’s electoral systems. As things stand, these and other measures, strenuously opposed […]
