MORGANTOWN — Granville Town Council voted to pay $9,000 to sponsor the West Virginia Black Bears this season and next. Mayor Patricia Lewis and Park Director Michael Bean were absent from […]
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Mon County Commission approves budget carryover
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission approved a budget carryover totaling $10.4 million on Wednesday, bringing the county’s operating budget to $37,550,590. Commissioner Sean Sikora explained the commission conservatively projected a […]
FILMS: Man accused of stealing McDormand’s Oscar ordered to trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge ordered a man accused of stealing Frances McDormand’s best actress Oscar statuette to stand trial on a felony grand theft charge. Superior […]
One dead in single-vehicle interstate crash
MORGANTOWN — One person was killed and another seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident near the interchange of Interstate 68 and I-79 on July 25. The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department was […]
MUSIC: Live Nation cancels Demi Lovato’s Atlantic City beach show
NEW YORK (AP) — Live Nation says Demi Lovato’s concert on Thursday on the Atlantic City, New Jersey, beach has been canceled. Lovato’s representative said Tuesday she was awake and […]
Recent events no guarantee, but could easily send more voters to polls this November
As midterms elections go, we can do better than 2014. Nationally, that November’s election marked the worst voter turnout in 72 years. Overall, the turnout was 36.3 percent; only 1942 […]
Let women, not male legislators, decide issue
Kelly Allen, Morgantown In November, West Virginians will vote on Amendment 1, which, if passed, would add 17 words to our state Constitution: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects […]
Roadwork on I-79 not meeting expectations
Tony Columbo, Canonsburg, Pa. I would like to know who are the people working on the resurfacing job on I-79 between Star City and Mount Morris, Pa.? Whoever it is, […]
Mon BOE renews moratorium on elementary school transfers into county
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Board of Education (BOE) did a take on those old commercials for Las Vegas tourism Tuesday (July 24) night. That is, what happens this year […]
Morgantown City Council questions BOPARC logistics, debates placing funding levy on Nov. ballot
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown’s Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners (BOPARC) was once again a focus of heated discussion during Tuesday (July 24) night’s meeting of the Morgantown City Council. The […]
