Last year when the Legislature was considering a bill to generate money to hire more state inspectors for oil and gas wells, lobbyist David McMahon warned that it wouldn’t be […]
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State Department of Education ready for 2024 Academic Showdown
The Academic Showdown will soon be upon the intellectual terrain in West Virginia. That’s the name of the cerebral competition fronted by the state Department of Education. Student teams in […]
Westover 2023: Charter changes, Home Rule and Holland Avenue
A handful of charter changes, a successful Home Rule application leading to passage of a 1% municipal sales tax and whole lot of Holland Avenue held Westover City Council’s attention […]
Trump doesn’t get a pass from federal felonies
It was no surprise that the U.S. Supreme Court turned down Special Counsel Jack Smith’s very unusual request to hear an appeal of a trial judge’s decision that Donald Trump […]
Who will be left to cover the Gaza war?
by Youssef Jajili In 2009, I covered the Gaza war known as Operation Cast Lead. International journalists, including myself, assembled in tents at El Arish crossing, on the Egyptian-Palestinian border, […]
ChatGPT hasn’t fueled cheating. Do teens know something adults don’t?
by LZ Granderson The introduction of ChatGPT did not lead to more cheating in high school. This is according to the students themselves. For 15 years, Stanford University researchers have […]
Patrick Suemnick was nearly WVU’s surprise hero
MORGANTOWN — Patrick Suemnick nearly became the ultimate whodunit on Saturday. As in those old Clue board games we played as kids, the one where it took dozens of questions […]
Life, without a helmet: Former MHS teacher Tony Zack, whose combat experience inspired a Hollywood movie, starred in real life after the war
Tony Zack never lost his head on the battlefield that day, even as an enemy bullet pierced his helmet – only to ricochet around, in a relatively harmless way. It […]
WVU expert recommends small, consistent dietary changes for an effective New Year’s resolution
In a recent survey conducted by Forbes Health, losing weight and improving diet rank among the top five New Year’s resolutions for 2024. However, nutrition experts at WVU warn against […]
Bridges, exits and ‘panhandling’: 2023 in Monongalia County
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission maintains the lowest tax rate in West Virginia and lowered its budget by roughly 7% in 2023. That, in and of itself, would constitute […]
