Sarah Giosi knew her husband, Jeff, had built a community and touched thousands of lives, but she’s still “shocked” and “dumbfounded” by the people she has heard from since Saturday […]
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Trying to beat the winter blues
Does everyone have happy childhood winter memories? I do – of greeting card perfect snowy scenes and sledding — oh, the sledding! A few days each winter the snow was […]
Morning snow brings chaos to roads
Morgantown experienced a fast and flurry-ious snowstorm early on Martin Luther King Jr. Day causing dozens of vehicle crashes. The area between Morgantown and the Pennsylvania border was part of […]
Buy Girl Scout cookies online, in person this year
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 S’mores, Toffee-tastics and […]
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 it all hinges […]
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 tumbling banks along […]
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 — seems to […]
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 remaining sister of […]
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 roommates are the […]
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 need to be […]
