Larry Allen Knisell, 71 of Westover, passed away Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at his home. He was born Sept. 9, 1949, in Morgantown, a son of the late Charles A. […]
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Elmer Wolfe
Elmer Clarence Wolfe Sr., 89, of Terra Alta, passed away Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, at Preston Memorial Hospital in Kingwood. He was born March 28, 1931, in Cranesville, a son […]
Clara Scordato
Clara Cianfrocco Scordato, 89, of Mechanicsburg, Pa., formerly of Morgantown, passed away on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, at the Church of God Home, Skilled Nursing Unit, in Carlisle, Pa. She […]
West Virginia to allow 25% capacity at football games starting Oct. 17 vs. Kansas
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University and its Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will welcome fans back to Milan Puskar Stadium for the first time this football season, when the Mountaineers […]
Mon goes green on COVID maps; Justice and team answer repeated questions about maps’ credibility
MORGANTOWN– Monongalia County was green Monday. And much of Monday’s COVID-19 briefing focused on the two maps, on continued confusion about what they mean and continued skepticism that the state […]
WVU receives second commitment from 4-star running back in Illinois’ Justin Johnson
BY KEENAN CUMMINGS MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia landed one of the top targets remaining on the board when Edwardsville (Ill.) running back Justin Johnson pulled the trigger for the […]
President Trump might be losing his grip on farm country
Is the relationship between President Donald Trump and farm country starting to go bad? At first glance, things have never been better. According to recent data, net farm income will […]
Retrofit California buildings for wildfires
California should put the same effort into preparing buildings to survive wildfires that it has retrofitting for earthquakes. That’s the view of University of California Merced fire scientist Crystal Kolden, […]
Trump’s U.N. (campaign) address
President Donald Trump gave a Tuesday campaign speech that blasted Beijing’s COVID-19 culpability, lauded his administration’s response to the pandemic and celebrated America’s abdication of the Paris climate accord and […]
Sept. 27 letters to the editor
Unnecessary doubts cast on mail-in voting Free and fair elections are a crucial pillar to a successful democracy. This upcoming presidential election will look different from any previous election in […]





