The season is changing, the weather is cooling, the days are shorter and the leaves are putting on their autumn colors. Yet one thing remains the same: […]
Month: October 2023
Oct. 8 letters to the editor
What’s good for the world is good for W.Va. It often goes unrealized how addressing global poverty has an economic benefit to the United States. Likewise, it […]
Guest essay: Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with free event
by Cari Carpenter The City of Morgantown, one of hundreds of places proclaiming the second Tuesday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, is the site of the […]
Congress fails on budget — again
The stunning rebuke of Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker is yet another indication of the dysfunction of Congress. In this case, the House Republican majority was overruled […]
Don’t worry about global population collapse
by F.D. Flam The world’s massive human population is leveling off. Most projections show we’ll hit peak humanity in the 21st century, as people choose to have […]
Food inflation is a hardship outside the Fed’s control
by Claudia Sahm It’s nearly impossible to have a conversation about inflation without mentioning food prices. And no wonder, as they are up 24% since the start […]
Barbara Thomas
Barbara Elaine (Martin) Thomas, 80, passed away at her home on Oct. 5, 2023. She was born on April 4, 1943, and grew up in Morgantown, and […]
Charles Scott
Charles “Charlie” L. Scott, 89, of Morgantown, passed away Oct. 6, 2023, at home. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Hastings Funeral Home. Visitation and funeral times […]
Gordon McClung
Gordon William McClung, 72, passed away on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, at his Morgantown home surrounded by family. Gordon was born on Sept. 3, 1951, in Hico, […]
Thomas Manier
Thomas Manier, 76 of Kingwood, passed away as a result of pancreatic cancer, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at his home at the Preston Country Club. Tom […]
