NightGlow set for Mall, five launches from airport planned With names like Almost Heaven Too, Blue Dragon and Skydancer, 21 hotair balloons will take flight over Morgantown, weather-permitting, five times […]
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PHS student learns from top scientists
Reedsville teen takes part in national academy KINGWOOD — Preston High junior Abbigail Lilly spent part of her summer vacation rubbing elbows with some of the nation’s premier scientists. Lilly, […]
Breweries Abound
The number of craft breweries in West Virginia has doubled in the last five years and more than a half dozen are in the planning stages, which means the state […]
Rocktoberfest: PopShop, 123 Pleasant host annual all-ages jam session
Chris Stimeling was a study in four-string stoicism on the stage at the 123 Pleasant Street music venue Sunday afternoon. He was part of an outfit that called itself Chorus […]
Clothing drive taking donations of ‘lightly loved’ women’s items through Friday
Sometimes finding the right clothes is the most difficult part of getting to work on time. The VISTA Collaboration at West Virginia University and West Virginia Women Moving Forward partnered […]
WVU breaks new ground in developing transportable energy source
Electricity is something we rarely think about — we expect it to be there, flowing hundreds of feet over our heads, powering every facet of our daily lives. But what […]
Coal industry facts not lost on anyone except our leaders
It’s fitting we attribute this maxim, “There is no avoidance in delay,” to the father of tragedy That is, Aeschylus, a Greek dramatist, who is credited with writing about 10 […]
We must be free within ourselves first
I was about to give a speech — I can’t remember when or even where — when this teacher brought a student up, hoping I could help her. The teacher […]
A doctor’s view: Betraying ideals boosts suffering
Every time we think the humanitarian situation in Syria has bottomed out, it gets worse. More than 160,000 Syrians have been displaced so far in the new chapter of this […]
Insult to injury: Trump smears allies he sold out to Turk assault
For any normal commander-in-chief, an overwhelming, bipartisan House resolution condemning his actions (by a 354-60 vote) would at least provoke a smidgen of introspection. Donald Trump used the rebuke of […]







