Our weekly “The Good, the Bad and the Stupid” roundups are good for giving you a glimpse of the bills our state Legislature is considering and that you should keep an eye on. However, some bills need more context or explanation. HB 2184 and HB 2022 are two examples. Codifying a medical ...
Good: SB 477 — to establish the PROMISE Plus scholarship, which will supplement the PROMISE scholarship to equal the full cost of tuition for students who meet “more rigorous” standards. Once upon a time, the PROMISE scholarship was basically a free-ride — until the rising tuition at ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This editorial originally ran March 23, 2020. While parts of our lives have reached a “new normal,” front-line workers continue to bear the brunt of the pandemic. This is especially true as the omicron and delta variants combine for a worrying surge. As such, we’d like ...
Sarah Cooke blinked twice to shake off the glare of the klieg lights, and when she looked back down, it was still there. The object was small and round, and blackened by fire — save for one little sliver of untouched metal that gave off just enough of a glint to make her dig back ...
MORGANTOWN—Westover's Deputy Chief Scott Carl and his wife had just woken up to care for their newborn daughter when they turned on the television and first heard about the attacks occurring at the World Trade Center. At the time, Carl was working for the Morgantown Police Department. At ...
Just like the Soap Box Derby, Cory Leonard said. Akron, Ohio, is home to that storied, gravity-fueled downhill race, and Leonard, a molecular lab manager at WVU Medicine, couldn’t help feeling like he was participant in the event. Normally, the merge onto Interstate 76 from I-79 makes ...