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One Year of COVID-19
When March began in 2020, we were all going about our business as usual. Waiting for tables in crowded restaurants, attending concerts, sitting shoulder to shoulder in movie theaters, heading […]
You want to know? We will tell you
Sunshine Week celebrates how newspapers keep the general public informed Today kicks off Sunshine Week, an annual national celebration of public access to information. You, as members of the public, […]
March 14 letters to the editor
Review board would make city inclusive As part of the larger Morgantown community, we are excited about the proposed Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board for our city. We see […]
Education by eminent domain: Charter bill attacks local control
by Fred Albert West Virginians have always gone our own way, always prizing local democracy over government bureaucracy. Nowhere is that more evident than with our neighborhood public schools. We […]
Morrisey misinterprets state code on review board
by Robert F. Cohen Jr. Last week Attorney General Patrick Morrisey sent a letter to Morgantown City Attorney Ryan Simonton expressing that the ordinance creating a Civilian Police Review and […]
Finally time to certify the Equal Rights Amendment
by Jean H. Baker This month, the one that comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, Americans celebrate women’s history. The theme in 2021 — “Valiant […]
Second dose is magic. Within limits
by Aimee Liu The second dose was supposed to be my reunion pass. Thanks to COVID-19, I couldn’t get back to Connecticut for my mother’s 100th birthday at Christmastime, but […]
COVID-19 survivors talk about their experiences with the virus
MORGANTOWN — Kevin Deming had the dubious distinction of being the first person in Monongalia County to be diagnosed with COVID-19 in March 2020. “I returned from a trip to […]
Morgantown falls in the battle of the No. 1s, RCB pulls away to beat Mohigans 69-56
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – It’s always an attention-grabbing rarity when two top-ranked teams meet, so when the No. 1 Morgantown boys hosted No. 1 Robert C. Byrd Saturday afternoon, it was […]
