MORGANTOWN – The 2021 legislative session kicked off at noon Wednesday, with the House and Senate conducting their initial floor sessions. One big surprise: The Senate session actually began at […]
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Kingwood City Council moves forward with water rate increase propospal
KINGWOOD – Following a lengthy discussion, Kingwood City Council passed the second reading of its proposed water rate increase. Kingwood Water Board is requesting about a 10.5% water rate increase. […]
WVU’s Deskins tells legislators post-COVID economy won’t fully bounce back until early 2022
MORGANTOWN – WVU economics professor John Deskins told state legislators Wednesday that the economic collapse caused by COVID-19 was the fastest in modern history, but the quick turnaround was a […]
Once is a mistake; twice is a pattern
We’re beginning to notice an alarming trend of the City of Morgantown building on private land without a signed agreement in place. First, it was the riverfront construction that ate […]
Angry traders target wrong Robin Hood
by Wes Moore My Twitter mentions were the first sign anything was amiss. “Any one hot @iamwesmoore address?” one tweet asked. “Corporate scum. Someone’s gonna find you,” another tweet said. […]
This is not a feel-good story; it’s a moral-failures story
by Leonard Pitts Jr. This is not a feel-good story. Of course, it’s easy to see why it has been positioned as one. Certainly, it contains all the elements: Vulnerable […]
Sean McNeil, Miles McBride lead Mountaineers to upset win over No. 7 Texas Tech
LUBBOCK, Texas — Sean McNeil scored a career-high 26 points and No. 14 West Virginia finished a regular-season sweep of seventh-ranked Texas Tech with an 82-71 victory over the Red […]
COLUMN: West Virginia continues to add to a special season with season sweep of Texas Tech
COMMENTARY MORGANTOWN — If the time ever came for Bob Huggins to grab a pen rather than a clipboard and become an author rather than a basketball coach, I’ve already […]
WVU event discusses legacy of Katherine Johnson
NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson was an icon of endurance and resilience in the face of adversity, biases and restrictions. While breaking barriers in space exploration, she was also breaking cultural […]
MUB frustrated employees can’t get vaccine
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Utility Board General Manager Mike McNulty said he’s exhausted all known avenues in an attempt to get MUB employees vaccinated against COVID-19. The issue was raised during […]
