On Saturday afternoon, area residents Amy Wagner and her husband were enjoying the day on their boat near the headwaters area of Cheat Lake – something they […]
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Under one Umbrella: Umbrella Arts, an inclusive and multipurpose performance and visual arts studio, to open in Cheat Lake
By Jade Ruggieri A pie-in-the-sky dream. Angela Dennis and Elizabeth Braithwaite tossed around the idea of opening their own art studio at the beginning of the pandemic. […]
June 26 letters to the editor
Someday is now: Donate to ReTails I wasn’t born a collector — I was raised to be a collector by my parents and grandparents. They survived the […]
Search is on for missing seizure-alert dog
When Bridget Spangler and her fiance crossed the West Virginia line from Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon, they thought they were just passing through. Plans changed when Spangler’s […]
Guest essay: Cheat River Festival welcomes new era
by Charlie Walbridge After a two-year absence, the Cheat River Festival returns to Albright today from 5:30-10 p.m. and tomorrow from 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. This […]
State’s formerly polluted rivers are shining example
Cleaning a body of water is a complicated and expensive process, but the area’s waterways show even the worst polluted rivers, lakes and creeks can be restored […]
Search for missing Cheat Lake man Bryn Hargreaves continues
MORGANTOWN — It has been more than 20 days since family and friends last heard from missing Cheat Lake man Bryn Jack Hargreaves. He was reported missing […]
Friends of Cheat looks to remove unused dam
KINGWOOD — Removing the Albright Power Station Dam would reconnect the Cheat River from Parsons to Cheat Lake — almost 75 miles. Friends of Cheat, a Preston […]
Drug task force arrests two for cocaine
MORGANTOWN — Two men were arrested after the Mon Metro Drug Task Force found cocaine, cash and a handgun inside a Cheat Lake home. Martin M. Tinsley, […]
Cheat Lake drowning victim identified
MORGANTOWN — The person who drowned Tuesday in Cheat Lake has been identified as Zion Rogers, 20, of Monmouth Junction, N.J., by the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office. […]