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Nonprofits showoff creativity in fourth annual WVBG display

Nonprofit organizations in Morgantown and its surrounding area have so much to crow about — but their work can often go overlooked. That’s why, every October, the West Virginia Botanic Garden showcases the great work local charities are doing in a fun — and eye-catching — ...

Ruth Hicks has 102 reasons to celebrate

Ruth Hicks celebrated her 102nd birthday Wednesday. Born Sept. 27, 1921, in Milford, Texas, she earned her undergraduate degree from Texas State College for Women, now Texas Women’s University, and her Master of Science in social science at the University ofIllinois. Ruth moved to ...

Flour and Feed serves tasty food in historic Morgantown space

The three-story brick warehouse at 156 Clay St. in the Wharf District appears on the National Register of Historic Places as the “Kincaid and Arnett Feed and Flour Building.” A photo dated 1945 held in the collection at WVU shows the building with the iconic “Morgantown Flour & ...

Walnut Street Bridge remains in the dark

MORGANTOWN — When Brian Sherry lived in South Park, he’d look over from the Pleasant Street Bridge and joke that the Walnut Street Bridge is so ugly that it's intentionally kept in the dark.  Then he moved to Greenmont, and traversing that stark, barely lit span became a regular ...