MORGANTOWN — “You either know or you don’t know,” Esha Sharma said. “We hear words like ‘drug epidemic’ and we see the criminal ramifications, but it’s easy […]
Author: Ben Conley, The Dominion Post
The balloons are back in town
MORGANTOWN — The hot air balloon game is often about patience. If it’s not rain keeping you down, it’s wind, or fog … or a virus. Take […]
Park superintendent resigns, Mon Commission certifies BOE levy election
The Monongalia County Commission held a brief mid-meeting executive session Wednesday before voting to accept the resignation of Camp Muffly superintendent Misty Seum. Seum, who was in […]
Conversion therapy ban gets first nod, masks mandated for city meetings
MORGANTOWN — Tuesday’s public input on the banning of conversion therapy was fairly lengthy as a dozen or so speakers addressed the issues — all but one […]
Mullins says he’s ready to provide documents for Westover investigation
WESTOVER — Westover City Attorney Tim Stranko said Monday the city’s recent public discourse has been more akin to blood sports than municipal governance. Moments later, Councilor […]
Commission to ask Morgantown Council to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day
MORGANTOWN — Who was Christopher Columbus? A devout Catholic and working-class man who spent a decade petitioning royal support for a voyage that altered the course of […]
Carrier leaves MCHD for private practice, Kassar ‘next dentist up’
“I think his biggest challenge was trying to convince people that they could get top-of-the-line dental service at the health department,” Monongalia County Health Officer Dr. Lee […]
MCHD will not offer monoclonal antibody infusions
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Health Department does not intend to administer monoclonal antibody infusions. The treatment, which has emergency-use authorization from the FDA, is a 250 […]
County holds town hall on broadband project
MORGANTOWN — While the completed plan isn’t expected until February, the community got a first look Wednesday at the Monongalia County Commission’s effort to bring broadband to […]
Morgantown Council to consider ban on conversion therapy
MORGANTOWN — Child abuse, torture, medical malpractice. All, Andrew Schneider of Fairness West Virginia explained, are apt descriptors for conversion therapy — the practice of attempting to […]
