The West Virginia Legislature is winding down its redistricting sessions, and the maps coming out of it aren’t pretty. The north/south Congressional map isn’t awful. It puts both panhandles in […]
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Mon Health cuts ribbon on new clinic in Fairmont
FAIRMONT – The drone of traffic on nearby Interstate 79 created an appropriate soundtrack for the Mon Health System ribbon-cutting ceremony here Wednesday afternoon. Said ribbon, in this case, was […]
Woodlawn Cemetery to dedicate mining disaster memorial
FAIRMONT — Woodlawn Cemetery Board of Directors will dedicate a monument marking the graves of Fairmont miners killed in an 1886 mine disaster at noon Sept. 3 at the cemetery […]
Home is where you write your tune: Sandy Pinkard inducted into W.Va. Country Music Hall of Fame
MORGANTOWN — Sandy Pinkard had to laugh when he got the news he was going into the West Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame this year. Not because he didn’t […]
Fairmont Medical Center to receive $110M in repairs, upgrades
FAIRMONT – Cheryl Moore spent 28 years at the former Fairmont General Hospital, watching as the facility waxed and waned, like a patient in intensive care. Friday, she watched as […]
Marion County firm lands $24M NASA contract
FAIRMONT – If you want to hear about that $24 million NASA contract, you have to take the car tour, first. One look at rocket ship-styled hood ornaments and other […]
June 4 marks deadline for Fairmont police applicants
FAIRMONT — City of Fairmont is now accepting applications for police officers. The City Clerk’s Office will accept applications until 1 p.m. June 4. Once applications are received, this will […]
WVU Hospitals receives CON approval to add inpatient beds at Fairmont Medical Center
MORGANTOWN — WVU Hospitals has received Certificate of Need approval from the West Virginia Health Care Authority to add 32 beds to Fairmont Medical Center, a campus of WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial […]
Equine Wellness Workshops returning to On Eagles’ Wings farm
FAIRMONT — On Eagles’ Wings Therapeutic Horsemanship’s Equine-Assisted Wellness Workshops are back by popular demand to bring a day of fresh air, relaxation and time with horses to the community. […]
A mission to Mars — by way of Marion County
Almost heaven … definitely Mars. NASA’s “Perseverance” rover successfully touched down on The Red Planet’s surface Thursday afternoon. The space agency is now hoping for an equally successful 10-year mission […]
