MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Bob Huggins is expecting to play with a full deck this basketball season. The West Virginia men’s basketball coach said Thursday he doesn’t expect any of […]
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Kingwood discusses possible water rate increase
KINGWOOD — A proposed rate increase was the main topic of discussion at Tuesday’s Kingwood Water Board meeting. The proposed amount of the increase started at 10.5% and quickly rose […]
Board approves 20 dispensary permits, will move ahead with county regulations
MORGANTOWN — A Thursday morning special session of the Monongalia County Board of Health resulted in approvals for 20 of the 21 medical cannabis dispensary permits pending before the body. […]
Finding a sense of community is a lot like prospecting for gold
WAMPUM, Pa. — Keith Roupp has a story to tell, the kind that beckons you to pull up a chair and sit a spell while he tells it. […]
The rise of QAnon is not surprising
I’m no less shocked than anybody else by the rise of the wacky QAnon conspiracy theory-turned-movement in this election year, but I’m not surprised by its viral spread. After all, […]
A national census without partisan manipulation?
Our nation’s Founding Fathers instituted the national census as a count of all people, an enumeration that is the basis of federal funding, the distribution of political representation among the […]
West Virginia quarterback Jarret Doege gets ready to head back home for game vs. Texas Tech
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As the crow flies, Lubbock, Texas, is about 1,300 miles from Morgantown, easily the furthest the West Virginia football team needs to travel in Big 12 play. […]
NAACP hosts meeting about review board
Advisory body seeks to police the police and do investigations What if it happened to you? Or, more importantly, someone you love? What if you, or that someone you love, […]
The many ways to sell tourism in Preston County
KINGWOOD — How do you sell Preston County? What are its strengths? Its weaknesses? These were the questions asked by Susan Riddle, president and CEO of Visit Mountaineer Country Convention […]
Gov. Justice announces program to help with late utility bills
Help is coming for some of the 133,000 West Virginians with delinquent utility bills. At Wednesday’s press conference, Gov. Jim Justice announced that $25 million in CARES Act money has […]
