Today is West Virginia’s birthday, and there won’t be any cake in downtown Morgantown because of the pandemic. You won’t have to worry about mustering the air […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Celebrating Betty Puskar: a Morgantown icon remembered for generosity and courage
Sunlight winked off the handles and top of Betty Puskar’s silver-gray casket Friday afternoon, as it was being trundled into a hearse for a ride to Oak […]
Community celebrates Juneteenth with cookout
To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Mark Twain, American humorist, said that.And he wasn’t necessarily joking. Hawa Diawara feels the same — […]
Loved ones pay their respects to the late Betty Puskar
Betty Jane got an earful when they got back to the car, but it was worth it. “Pinched that guy right on the butt,” Wayne Howard, said, […]
Remembering the life and legacy of Hershel Mullins
May there be no double-bogeys in Heaven.Or whiffs or slices, either.Amen. So goes John Verbosky’s prayer for Hershel Mullins, the Monongalia County chief magistrate (and his longtime […]
Betty Puskar, breast cancer treatment advocate, dies at 80
When she wasn’t brushing tears, Jorie Ftorek was gripping that steering wheel like a 9-iron. “I knew the work they did here,” the former pro golfer said […]
Capturing the Moment
Photographer takes pictures of families during quarantine Gas mask poses. You just knew there were going to be gas mask poses. How could there not be? Cranky […]
West Virginia Department of Education talks fall reopenings; assessing re-entry scenarios
W. Clayton Burch, West Virginia’s newly named Superintendent of Schools, didn’t waste any time Wednesday laying the framework for a big assignment concerning the first day of […]
Nancy Walker pulls nearly 44% of Monongalia County Board of Education votes
Nancy Walker apparently won’t need a note from home to keep her seat on the Monongalia County Board of Education — even if absentee voters gave their […]
Fighting for the arts: Group advocates for majors cut from FSU
FAIRMONT — Eight summers ago, Michael Carpenter was a singer without a song. The Fairmont native and WVU graduate had just found out he was joining the […]
