CHARLESTON – They say it’s difficult to adjust to shooting the basketball inside a venue like the Charleston Coliseum when players are used to doing so daily in a high […]
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Of scrimmages and squash: Lou Birurakis readies for his 100th birthday
BRUCETON MILLS – Lou Birurakis is already looking forward to the present he’ll receive this weekend for his 100th birthday. “I’m getting a new battery for my pacemaker,” he said, […]
DOH offers updates on Point Marion intersection, West Run widening
MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Division of Highways has approved a request from the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board to use MPO funding to expedite improvements to the five-legged […]
Michael Waide selected as Pierpont president
FAIRMONT – Interim, no more. Pierpont Community and Technical College has selected Michael Waide as its next president, the school announced. Waide has a longtime association with the school in […]
DOH: Green Bag roundabout schedule ‘at the mercy of the court’
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia Division of Highways District 4 Manager Earl Gaskins said it remains unclear when construction will begin on the long-discussed, and debated, roundabouts at two Green Bag […]
Janice Carol Blaney Shaw
With heavy hearts, the family of Janice Carol Blaney Shaw announce her passing Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in her home in Morgantown, at the age of 78. She was born […]
James L. Howard
January 26, 1946 — March 15, 2026 James “Jim” “Jimmy” Leslie Howard, 80, of Franklin Township, Ohio, passed away peacefully Sunday, March 15, 2026, in his home surrounded by his […]
Barbara Ann Drvar
Barbara Ann Drvar, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Evergreen Assisted Living, with her loving husband, Mike, and daughter, Tracy by her side. She […]
Thomas H. Covey
Thomas H. Covey, MD, 90, of Morgantown, passed away Friday, March 20, 2026, in Sundale Rehabilitation and Long Term Care.Hastings Funeral Home has been entrusted with cremation arrangements and there […]
Vida Belle McCord
Vida Belle McCord, a resident of Morgantown, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at the age of 98. She was born June 15, 1927, in Masontown, to the late […]
