MORGANTOWN — Cookie season is in full swing across the state for the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council. Samoas, Thin Mints, Trefoils, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, Girl Scout […]
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Mon County students may be back in classrooms on Jan. 21
Monongalia County students might return to their classrooms Jan. 21 for blended instruction, Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said Thursday. “Might,” is the watch-word, he said. That’s because […]
Area lawyer George Farmer Jr. dies
Think about those once-dilapidated warehouses now transformed into the bustling Wharf District. Or the city’s walking and biking paths that were once a tangle of rusted rails and […]
Find delight in things big, small
Delight, noun — Definition of delight (Entry 1 of 2) 1: a high degree of gratification or pleasure: joy — children squealing in delight. Also: extreme satisfaction […]
Pandemic protocols put strain on mourning families, funeral homes
Jane Michael has not yet grieved for her sister, Bertie Oliver, who died of COVID-19 Dec. 28 in Elizabethtown, Ky. She was 92. “I am the last […]
Two Nigerian-born nurses — friends and roommates — begin work at Acuity hospital in Morgantown
Michael Awotula and Israel Keshinro have come from Nigeria to Morgantown — via Texas — to live out their dreams of helping others. The two friends and […]
Dual transplant patient in recovery, thanks GoFundMe benefactors
It just may have been the most ordinary, extraordinary call on the planet, the recipient laughed. “Your heart is ready.” “Seriously?” “Yes, sir.” “What time do I […]
Why are parts of us symmetric and others not?
If someone sketched a line vertically starting from the middle of the top of your head to between your feet, the left side and the right side […]
Estimated 1 in 4 community members receive support
Happy New Year! We hope 2021 will prove to be a better year for everyone than the last. With the changing of the calendar, many people are […]
Get some rest, and stop the spread of disease
This year, I haven’t really made New Year’s resolutions. No diet or workout plans. But I have contemplated my life — I’ve considered how I want to […]