CHARLESTON — Facebook is planning to start construction this year on 275 miles of high-capacity fiber cable through West Virginia as part of an approximately 600-mile “long-haul” […]
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Morgantown Council to take up $37.3 million spending plan
MORGANTOWN — City finances will be the focus of conversation Tuesday when Morgantown City Council meets in regular session. Included on the meeting agenda is a first […]
Public tours site of proposed disc golf course at Coopers Rock
MORGANTOWN — Outdoor enthusiasts hiked through the snow Saturday morning to take a tour of a proposed disc golf course to be built at Coopers Rock State […]
Senator Capito on anti-Muslim display at GOP event: ‘I deplore what happened’
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s top-ranking Republican, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, says there’s no place for the kind of anti-Muslim display that was part of a “GOP Day” […]
New Mon County magistrate named
MORGANTOWN — James Timothy Pocius has been named to fill Monongalia County Magistrate Court’s vacant seat. He was appointed by Chief Circuit Court Judge Susan Tucker in […]
Traffic on I-79 stopped for hours after accident
MORGANTOWN — A collision near mile marker 159 on Interstate 79 stopped traffic for about five hours on Friday. According to West Virginia 511, both lanes reopened […]
Senate Judiciary sails through approval of medical cannabis banking bill
CHARLESTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee breezed through approval of the medical cannabis program banking bill in a matter of minutes Friday morning. Sen. Mike Romano. D-Harrison, […]
House and Senate budgets part ways on teacher pay raises
CHARLESTON — The budgets in the state Senate and House of Delegates are on a collision course, with the biggest difference – predictably – a pay raise for […]
Magistrate Summers retires, heads to new position
MORGANTOWN — Magistrate Darris Summers is officially retired as a Monongalia County Magistrate as of March 1. “I thought it was a good time [to retire],” Summers, […]
Man who hit pedestrian in crosswalk sentenced
MORGANTOWN — The Granville man who struck a WVU student in a crosswalk on Monongahela Boulevard in February 2018 was sentenced in Monongalia County Magistrate Court on […]
