CHARLESTON — The Morgantown High girls’ basketball team fell to Wheeling Park 65-51 in the Class AAAA state championship on Saturday afternoon in Charleston. The Mohigans came five points short […]
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Morgantown Citizens Academy Class of 2024 begins eight-week experience
MORGANTOWN — An Elvis impersonator, a potter and a stargazer walked into an old train depot. Which one threw the peanut butter? This is a question a very specific […]
Local organizations collaborate, perform MRI on bald eagle
A bald eagle recently taken to the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia (ACCA) for treatment received some uncommon diagnostic testing at a unique facility. The adult male eagle arrived at the […]
House passes bill allowing teachers to remove disruptive students from class
Delegates passed a long-discussed bill that would allow elementary school teachers to remove especially disruptive students from classrooms. SB 614 passed on an 82-14 vote. The bill already passed the […]
Sweeten up Easter baskets without a ton of candy
With Easter coming up in a few weeks, my brain has been swirling around the idea of what to put in my kids’ Easter baskets. Sometimes I feel stuck to […]
Quinerly, WVU power past Cincinnati to set up Big 12 quarterfinal game against Kansas State
MORGANTOWN — With a brace on her right knee and, maybe, a half-step slower than normal, J.J. Quinerly showed the rest of the Big 12 on Friday night she’s still […]
Editorial Encore: Project 2025: A plan to destroy democracy
EDITOR’S NOTE: This editorial is adapted from one that ran Sept. 8, 2023. “Led by the long-established Heritage Foundation think tank and fueled by former Trump administration officials … the […]
20 years of data shows no link between mailed ballots, illegal voting
by Steven Rosenfeld It is an article of faith among those who do not believe Donald Trump lost in 2020 that mailing ballots to voters increases illegal voting — often […]
Surge pricing leaves behind bad taste
by Leonard Greene After the Five Guys franchise went viral the other day over a $12 burger, the joke making its way around the internet was that customers would have […]
Squabbling Legislature sends handful of bills to the governor on Day 59; Senate adopts resolution honoring Edith Levy
(Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include language from the final version of SR 6, honoring Edith Levy.) MORGANTOWN – The state House and Senate spent a long […]
