MORGANTOWN –Willow Bear, Eastwood Elementary School’s mascot, met students out front of the Stewartstown Community Building on Tuesday for the summer program, “Willow Goes Wild,” where kids engage in reading […]
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Mountaineer Boys & Girls Club closing temporarily pending improvements
MORGANTOWN — The Mountaineer Boys & Girls Club Board of Directors ordered a “temporary” closure of club sites pending “important operational improvements,” effective immediately. This according to a statement issued […]
Morgantown grad Cameron Lyons finding success playing football at Akron
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Cameron Lyons has been into sports his entire life. “I’ve been into football and sports in general ever since I can remember,” he said. Lyons grew up […]
New class in high school basketball brings changes to state tournament schedule
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With the addition of a fourth class to the West Virginia high school basketball alignment secured for the 2020-21 season, the focus for the WVSSAC turns towards […]
Effort to catch up with roads repairs stuck in slow lane
We’re gonna need a bigger calendar. It’s more apparent than ever that the governor’s secondary road repair initiative is not fast enough for anyone. Despite recent boasts of the state […]
From the moon to a continuous orbit of outrage
We’re approaching the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Neil Armstrong’s “one small step” onto the lunar surface was indeed a “giant leap for mankind.” The successful Apollo 11 mission […]
Trump’s tweets: A foretaste of toxic 2020
racism was at the root of Donald Trump’s 2016 candidacy, and so it will be again in 2020. Either we decisively reject it at the ballot box, and thus begin […]
Best outcome for lawsuit to fail
There’s an important bit of contingency planning that Republicans have neglected to do. Neither in the White House nor on Capitol Hill are they prepared for the possibility that their […]
Politics spoiled fun of our win at World Cup
Too bad we had someone like Colin Kaepernick playing soccer in the Women’s World Cup. I’m a fan of international soccer — men’s and women’s. I was excited when the […]
Drug price gouging: It’s your money or your life
To be American is a wonderful thing most of the time. There are moments, however, when it is downright humiliating. Can you imagine a more pitiful scene than a busload […]
