Quilts made in or residing in West Virginia and made before 1975 can be documented for future generations during the upcoming Mountaineer Week. Documentation will be held […]
Month: October 2023
West Virginia Academy is a semifinalist for the $1M Yass Prize, which annually awards education innovation across the country
Two years ago, a snarl of legal challenges was making it appear more than likely that the West Virginia Academy, then planned as the Mountain State’s first-ever […]
Friends of the Cheat to host free State of the Watershed event in Morgantown
Friends of the Cheat (FOC) will host its State of the Watershed event from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 26 at the new 123 Pleasant Street Co-op Venue, 131 […]
Workforce participation remains low in W.Va.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia continues to have one of the lowest workforce participation rates in the nation but there’s another rate WorkForce West Virginia is taking a […]
Congress must act before we careen off ‘child care cliff’
On Sept. 30, funding for the Child Care Stabilization Program ran out and experts warn that when the already-distributed dollars dry up, the nation will go careening […]
Judge’s gag order on Trump may be satisfying but it’s not constitutional
by Erwin Chemerinsky Although I often wish that Donald Trump would shut up, he has a constitutional right not to. A federal judge went too far in […]
Substance abuse fuels foster care surge
West Virginia’s drug overdose mortality rate is the highest in the nation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that nearly 1,500 West Virginians died from […]
Morgantown girls handle Wheeling Park 4-0 to capture section championship
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown girls’ soccer team captured its second sectional title in a row by downing Wheeling Park 4-0 at Pony Lewis Field on Thursday night […]
Austin: Traffic lights likely coming to Chaplin Hill Road at Exit 155
MORGANTOWN — While a redesigned I-79 Exit 155 is still likely years away, it looks as if there are changes coming to the troublesome interchange. Morgantown Monongalia […]
Hawks score early, hang on late to win section title, 1-0, over Bridgeport
MORGANTOWN — Thursday night’s Class AAA Region 1 Section 2 boys’ soccer championship game between host University and Bridgeport proved to be a near mirror image of […]
