Fifty years ago, many of us awoke to a nightmare for the second straight day. A little after midnight on June 5, 1968, moments after winning the California primary, Sen. […]
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GOP plans to eliminate all safety net programs
Stewart B. Epstein, Rochester, N.Y. As the 2018 national election season is now upon us, I want to try to inform as many of my fellow Americans as possible about […]
State fair projects spur interest to visit
Shari Bozorgzad, The Langley School, McLean, Va. In February, my third-grade students wrote letters to small-town newspapers around our country. The letters asked people in each state to send items […]
Competition could help better garbage service
Pauline Shahan, Morgantown I disapprove of the services I am receiving from Republic Services garbage collection. Last week, due to a holiday, all pickups were running a day late. I […]
Trial of Uber driver charged with sexual assault begins
MORGANTOWN — The woman who accused an Uber driver of sexually assaulting her in his vehicle told jurors what she could remember of the incident during the first day of […]
Morgantown City Council votes to purchase 40-acre Haymaker Forest
MORGANTOWN — The purchase of the 40-acre Haymaker Forest for $5.2 million presents such an opportunity for the city that it must act now to secure the property — even […]
Skyview Elementary hosts carnival to raise money for local charity
MORGANTOWN — So, what does $4,200 look like at Skyview Elementary School? Picture 61 cents, in a plastic bag. Pennies, mostly. Or, a folded-up $5 bill, originally intended as a birthday gift. […]
PSC officials conduct annual 72-hour inspections of big rigs
W. Va. — Big rigs pulled into the Coopers Rock weigh station, off Interstate 68, June 5 so officials could check travel logs, tires and brakes. They’ll repeat that June […]
Dodgers pick WVU pitcher in second round of MLB draft
MORGANTOWN — WVU pitcher Michael Grove, 13 months removed from his last appearance, nonetheless became a second-round pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers during the MLB draft late June 4.The Wheeling […]
WVU roundup: 2 Mountaineers at NCAA track finals
MORGANTOWN — Redshirt senior Amy Cashin and redshirt junior Madelin Gardner, of the WVU track and field team, are in Eugene, Ore., this week for the NCAA outdoor track and field […]
