Last year the Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority (MCSWA) introduced a Reduce Waste initiative. The initiative included the 2023 “Take the Reduce Waste Pledge,” with 58 residents participating, began with […]
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State would increase tax to address Medicaid gap
CHARLESTON — West Virginia faces a $114 million Medicaid gap along with a proposal to fill it, but the Senate Finance chairman is concerned about financial consequences down the line. […]
GOP changes Primary rules for 2026
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Republican Party executive committee voted Saturday to close its Primary Election, limiting it to Republican voters only, starting in 2026. The move reverses a decision […]
Finance advances $2M bill for WVU research
CHARLESTON — The House Finance Committee advanced a bill that would provide $2 million to West Virginia University for medical research into using ultrasound technology to treat eating disorders and […]
Bridgeport hits the glass to upend Preston High
KINGWOOD — The Preston High School girls’ basketball team didn’t do much to help themselves on Monday night in a loss to visiting Bridgeport inside The Castle. The Indians (5-12) […]
Lynch, Barnett lead Trinity to OVAC finals with win against Conotton Valley
The backcourt duo of Jenna Barnett and Ella Lynch led the Trinity girls’ basketball team to the OVAC tournament title game with a 65-42 victory against Conotton Valley (Ohio)on Monday. […]
Tentative CTC deal would help working families and the economy
It isn’t often that a shift in federal tax policy has an immediate, positive and widespread impact on America’s struggling working families. And it’s perhaps even more rare in today’s […]
What Brazilian butt lifts and boogers can teach us about book bans
by Alvin Irby Toby Price, an assistant principal in Mississippi, was fired from his elementary school last year for reading the children’s book “I Need a New Butt.” In this […]
The 2024 election just might turn on … climate change?
by Mark Gongloff If you were forced to guess the one political issue that will decide the 2024 US election based on sheer volume of news coverage, you might pick […]
Morgantown girls use fast start to break out of 3-game skid and beat Parkersburg South
MORGANTOWN — Most basketball games aren’t decided in the first 10 minutes. When those 10 minutes include one team making a 20-2 run, however, the outcome really starts to come […]
