Our food system is in crisis. In Maryland alone, one in every nine people is food insecure. In Baltimore, approximately a quarter of the population lives in food deserts, meaning […]
Other News
Globalization without the U.S.
There is a new global phenomenon that the U.S. media largely have ignored, but that may have a big impact in the future: Call it “globalization of the rest of […]
Alas, Mad is pulled down by its humor
What? Mad magazine will disappear from newsstands after August? Well, as Dorothy Parker is said to have said after hearing of President Calvin Coolidge’s death, “How can they tell?” After […]
Climate change has minor winners and big losers
A terrible thought, but suppose the planet were to heat up by 2 degrees Celsius — the level past which environmental damage would be catastrophic. It would also be wildly […]
July 10 letters to the editor
Justice, DOH still own potholes in Mon County There has been much talk but little results from the governor about increased efforts to upgrade or repair our primary roads in […]
Manchin introduces bill to pressure U.S. Soccer into increasing women’s pay
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin introduced a bill Tuesday that would prevent federal funding from being used for the 2026 World Cup until the U.S. Soccer Federation agrees to play the […]
Storms, stifling heat unlikely to let up
MORGANTOWN — That stifling heat and humidity currently clamped down on north-central West Virginia isn’t going away anytime soon, AccuWeather says. And those lashing rains could be coming back, as […]
Junior college nose tackle Quay Mays commits to West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia picked up its first commitment from a true defensive lineman in the 2020 recruiting class as junior college defensive tackle Quay Mays announced that he […]
Mary L. Daugherty
Mary L. Daugherty, 74, of Morgantown, passed away from this life peacefully on Friday, July 5, 2019, at Mon Health Medical Center with family by her side. Granny, we love […]
Linda Thomas
Linda Thomas, 57, of Westover, died Saturday, July 6, 2019, at the Salem Center in Salem. Private services are under the direction of Smith Funeral & Cremation Care of Westover/ […]
