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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
Compliance checks canceled by COVID are back
Half of stores visited by an underage operative on March 24 sold them alcohol. “Oh, 50% is high,” Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer said. “When we were […]
‘Sobars’: All the fun without the booze?
If you’ve lived in Morgantown for any length of time, then you know the city’s social life is inextricably wrapped up in bars and night clubs — […]
City provides tours of new sobering center
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Assistant City Manager Emily Muzzarelli said the city looked to Texas for guidance in laying the groundwork for the creation of a sobering center. […]
County puts up $100,000 for sobering center, expresses concern over SB 12
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday committed $100,000 to get the Mountaineer Regional Sobering Center off the ground. The short-term care facility will be an […]
