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GOP closed border argument is flimsy

There’s a certain irony in witnessing members of a party now infamous for downplaying the severity of COVID-19 use the disease as justification to keep the southern border tightly closed. Twenty-six Republican senators signed a letter to President Biden requesting he keep a Trump-era CDC ...

Westover traffic stop, house search, leads to five arrests

MORGANTOWN — Five people, including a Detroit man, were charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent by the Westover Police Department in two incidents over three days. On Saturday, Officer J. Carver saw a green Chevy Silverado with a defective registration light on ...

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, 43, and Dennis Barbee, 40, both of Morgantown, are each charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine and felony ...

Alzheimer’s drug no cash cow

by Max Nisen The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval last week of Biogen Inc.’s Alzheimer’s treatment aducanumab was a mistake based on weak evidence. The question now is just how much the U.S. will spend on a drug that may not help patients. No one but Biogen will like the ...

Police: Drugs, gun found in stolen vehicle

MORGANTOWN -- A Kingwood man faces several charges after he was stopped in Monongalia County at the line with Marion County. Benjamin H. Phares IV, 34, is charged with two counts of possession with intent to distribute, person prohibited from possessing a firearm and grand larceny. On ...

Drug task force: Detroit man had fentanyl

MORGANTOWN -- The Monongalia County Drug Task Force has charged a Detroit man after allegedly finding fentanyl in the apartment he was in. Devin C. Motley, 21, is charged with possession with intent to deliver fentanyl. The task force Tuesday searched an apartment on East St. John ...