The thing about legalese — that strange, mysterious language of laws and binding contracts — is that all it takes is one misplaced punctuation mark, one misspelled word or one accidental phrase substitution to completely change the document’s meaning. Such was the case with HB 5295, ...
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 Outdoor Designated Area, or PODA, in the city that spearheaded the two-year effort to ...
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 the weeks leading up to the festive season is commonplace. Social drinking is widely considered a way to lighten ...
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 past. Morgantown Police were dispatched by MECCA Saturday evening to speak to a caller ...
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 and in Senate floor amendments into a tourism and economic development bill. Senators adopted a ...
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 revelry of the holidays behind us and the new year beginning, the consumption of alcohol is reined in for a month of ...