FAIRMONT — It’s the last part of Gov. Jim Justice’s earlier quote that was giving graduate student Taylor Tennant pause Monday on the campus of Fairmont State University.When Justice signed […]
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Pressuring the press is legal
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Supreme Court says a $13,000 gift is not a bribe. And that’s right
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Biden has always put duty to country first. Will he do it again?
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New Westover Council gets Holland Avenue update
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West Virginia Botanic Garden celebrates ‘a really special day for the garden’ with ribbon-cutting of new visitors center and gift shop
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Fairmont police say no correlation between three human remains discoveries
A dead person discovered under a bridge in Fairmont is the third set of human remains found in Marion County in the last month and the fourth found in counties surrounding […]
Beer and bullets: Fairmont State student worries about the other side of Campus Carry law
FAIRMONT – It’s the last part of Gov. Jim Justice’s earlier quote that was giving graduate student Taylor Tennant pause Monday on the campus of Fairmont State University. When Justice […]
Three admit guilt in multi-state drug ring
In February, an investigation by the Mon Metro Drug Task Force resulted in a major drug bust leading to federal drug trafficking charges against 25 individuals, 12 of whom are […]
Why require license for jobs that don’t involve driving?
When Kirsten Bladh was searching for a job in urban planning she was surprised that nearly all the public sector listings she saw required a driver’s license, even though these […]
