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Crowd comes out to cheer city’s PODA passage
MORGANTOWN — It’s not often that applause breaks out at a Morgantown City Council meeting. It happened Tuesday. With a unanimous vote, council adopted the ordinance creating a Planned […]
Dry January allows us to reassess our relationship with alcohol
by Nickolaus Hayes Dry January is an exercise of abstaining from alcohol for the entirety of the first month of the year. For many, drinking alcohol during the holidays and […]
Man arrested after making non-emergency 911 calls
A Morgantown man was arrested Saturday after allegedly making multiple non-emergency calls to the Monongalia County Emergency Management Agency (MECCA 911) despite being told to not do so in the […]
Senate sends outdoor alcohol area, health care, education bills to House
MORGANTOWN — Monday’s state Senate actions included booze, health care and schools. SB 534 began as a cleanup bill for some liquor legislation passed last year, but grew in committee […]
Dear Dry January, we need to have a talk
by Naomi Ishisaka A lot of people I know are weeks into what has now become an annual tradition: Dry January. The concept behind Dry January is that with the […]
House, Senate pass drug, booze, voting, school bills
MORGANTOWN — Monday was the 13th day of the legislative session and the House and Senate were both getting busier moving bills during their floor sessions. The House dealt with […]
State law permitting earlier liquor sales on Sundays takes effect
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia retail liquor licensees are now permitted to sell to patrons as early as 6 a.m. on Sundays. This change is a result of the passage of […]
From humble grain to embodiment of American exceptionalism
BOURBON COUNTY, Ky. — About 250 years ago, farmers looking for a way to make their surplus corn crop profitable decided to distill it. Today, that leftover grain has become […]
‘Normal’ must be returning: Brawls downtown are back
If there was any doubt that things in Morgantown are beginning to return to “normal,” the brawl outside a downtown nightclub in the wee hours Saturday night/Sunday morning should be […]
