Martha Helen Metz, 77, of Fairmont Road, Morgantown, passed away Thursday, Sept. 29, 2020, at her home. She was born Sept. 30, 1942 in Morgantown, a daughter of the late […]
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Donal Bolyard
Donal Keith Bolyard, 88, of Kingwood, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at home with loving family by his side. Friends may call at the Browning Funeral Home in Kingwood from […]
Jeanette Baniak
Jeanette Sue Baniak, 79, of Star City, passed away on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on June 29, 1941, in Morgantown. […]
Elizabeth Hovatter
Elizabeth Mae Berkshire Taylor-Hovatter, 78, of Independence, passed away Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, at the Rosewood Health Care Center in Morgantown. Elizabeth was born in Morgantown on April 21, 1942, […]
The politics of plastics: Shale Insight speakers address cracker plants, fracking bans and a green future
MORGANTOWN — Plastics are the future of the shale gas boom and politics is an obstacle to getting there. Plastics and politics occupied the attention of natural gas industry members […]
U.S. Energy secretary to Shale Insight audience: Natural gas key to energy security and green future
MORGANTOWN — U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette described the role of American innovation and the shale economy must play in the nation’s energy transition, and the dangers of precipitously banning […]
Preston ambulance service in danger of closing
KINGWOOD — Mountaineer Ambulance is in danger of closing, Preston County Commissioners were told Tuesday. If it does, it will be the second Preston County ambulance service to close. The […]
New venue considered for trial
COVID-19 places limitations on court occupancy KINGWOOD — COVID-19 will play a major role in the murder trial of Aaron Glenn Hoard in 2021. At a motions hearing Tuesday, Preston […]
Reedsville offered donation of flagpole and flag
REEDSVILLE — Reedsville Council could receive a donated flagpole and flag. Councilman Greg Burke said Susan Beerbower of WoodmenLife has offered to donate a 25-foot flagpole and a flag to […]
Which of your children would you lose for $12 million?
“We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was ‘legal.’ ” — Martin Luther KingIn other words, what is legal is not necessarily what is right. With […]
