MORGANTOWN — Evan Brown was quite bowled over by the whole thing. “Whoa, man!” the fourth-grader exclaimed. “That one’s almost three bucks!” And the other was half […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
WVU law professor: Shutdown not legal; cites violations of 5th, 13th amendment rights
MORGANTOWN — The partial government shutdown notched its 25th day Tuesday, with neither President Donald Trump nor House Democrats blinking over the matter of that border wall. […]
Botanic garden not deterred by wintry weather, weekend snowfall
MORGANTOWN — Dr. Ellen Hrabovsky made her first acquaintance with Morgantown in 1976, when she came here to serve as the state’s first pediatric surgeon at the […]
States join forces to create digital archive of area history
Forget that business about 1863. These days, West Virginia and Virginia couldn’t be more civil to one another. At least where university libraries are concerned. WVU’s […]
Cold weather set to return in coming days
MORGANTOWN — Hold on to your heavy coat, AccuWeather’s Dave Dombeck said. That’s because things are about to get seasonal (again). After today and Tuesday that is, […]
Gas prices average $2.39 at pump, down from last week
MORGANTOWN — Chuck Berry provided the soundtrack at one area gas station Sunday, as people were motoring in to top their tanks for the week. He came […]
Morgantown area’s first baby of the year born at Mon Health Medical Center
MORGANTOWN — Once Sheridan Quindell Dean got going, he really got going. Even if his mother and father, Kristina Bruni and Quindell Dean, thought he’d never get […]
Mountaineer Technology Consultants give laptops for holidays
MORGANTOWN — There was no “catch” programmed in. Honest. That’s why Booker T. Walton III would always chuckle during the inevitable pause on the other end of […]
Defense in Depth in Sabraton hosts ‘Ladies League’
MORGANTOWN — No, it wasn’t some shoot-’em-up video game. It wasn’t the real world, either. Then again, though, it was pretty close, given the ballistic uncertainty of […]
Education in 2018 marked by work stoppages, fresh faces joining board
Monongalia County Schools had big feet in 2018. So did everyone else. That’s because West Virginia, in the most fundamental ways of the state’s contentious labor history, […]