Bob McConnell, Independence On April 17, Morgantown City Council started the meeting with a prayer asking that City Council members be cognizant that they are spending other […]
Columns/Opinion
Sense of dread about voter turnout lingers at state’s ballot box despite early voting
“So it begins” need not always convey a sense of foreboding. That’s a memorable quote from a 2002 fantasy film wherein the forces of good steel themselves […]
NCAA slowly kicking kickoffs out of college football
MORGANTOWN — Football as we know it will continue to change for the sake of player safety and with the growing worry over head injuries. One of the […]
Cheap clothes may have underlying ethical dilemmas
Who made your clothes? Do you know? Do you think about it? Well, I do … until I see a really cute summer dress for only $15. […]
Charleston not treating us right on funding for roads
Elaine Wolfe, Morgantown West Virginia claims to be “almost Heaven,” and while that might be true for the rest of the state, roads in Monongalia and Preston […]
Unions won the benefits we take for granted now
By Donald C. Royse It’s true. We can look back to a better time in America. Go back about four generations, to the period from 1900 to […]
Audit, reports on lavish spending put justices’ fiscal independence at stake
We make few endorsements of candidates or anything else during the primary election. As a rule, we only make endorsements in nonpartisan races. However, we’re almost ready […]
Another anniversary for university
It will be hardly noticed, but this month is another anniversary for West Virginia University. The school, a land-grant institution, squeaked under the Morrill Act, signed into […]
‘Text neck’ is a thing — here’s how to avoid it
That crick in your neck you get after looking at your smartphone for a long time has a name — text neck. The term was coined in […]
Back pain isn’t one-type-fits-all
Q: I get back pain regularly and so does my friend of the same age. He has tried chiropractic and physical therapy in the past and felt […]
