CHARLESTON – Close to 60 students from Concord, Fairmont State and Marshall Universities rallied in front of the Senate chamber Monday morning to protest the Campus Carry […]
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Police charge Kingwood woman with hitting an emergency room nurse
KINGWOOD — A Kingwood woman was charged with battery of a health care provider after police say she hit an emergency room nurse in the jaw. Jessica […]
Facebook ‘long-haul’ fiber build to cross West Virginia
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” […]
University girls look to play well in loaded Class AAA state tournament
CHARLESTON — Defending Class AAA champion Parkersburg returns to the state tournament wearing a bigger target than last year, when it entered as a No. 3 seed. […]
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 […]
State DOT secretary tours Preston roads
KINGWOOD — State Transportation Secretary Tom Smith provided information as well as taking it in, during two days of touring Preston County last week. Smith and members […]
Couple brings McFly Outdoors to Morgantown
MORGANTOWN — In October 2012, Mike McWhorter bought a 25,000-square-foot building in Horner, Lewis County, and McFly Outdoors was created. According to Kate Garton, McWhorter’s daughter, different things […]
Farmer answers questions concerning the former Ramada Inn property
MORGANTOWN — In fielding questions about the recently announced effort to centralize area social services in the former Ramada Inn building on Scott Avenue, Stephen Farmer of the […]
House of Delegates passes budget with teacher pay raises, severance tax cut
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates passed a state budget that would include long-promised teacher pay raises as well as a $30 million severance tax cut for […]
Lawsuit: Woman claims hair care treatment left her with burn marks
MORGANTOWN — A hair care treatment at a Morgantown-area spa left a woman with second-and-third-degree burns on her head, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Monongalia […]