I’m hoping for a successful WVU football season, just like all Mountaineer fans. I hate the term “cautiously optimistic,” but that applies here, and I suspect […]
Tag: controversy
Justice firms face heat
A gusher of financial pressures is hitting all at once on businesses headed by Gov. Jim Justice, a candidate for U.S. Senate whose political pitch traditionally has […]
Reward demagogues, get more of them
The news last week that former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard was leaving the Democratic Party might not have seemed at first like a very big deal. Gabbard, […]
Tensions high during Westover council meeting, no motion made to investigate council
WESTOVER—Tensions were high during Thursday night’s special Westover council meeting centered around whether to initiate an investigation into allegations made against council, which failed after no council […]
Postcast 31 – August 7, 2020
[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=40183030″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” autoplay=”false” live-autoplay=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”] Welcome to another episode of The Postcast, the audio companion […]
Petition to keep MHS mascot has nearly 4K names
Sometimes, it isn’t all sociology or political correctness. Sometimes, it’s just your school, and all its traditions therein — no more, no less. And sometimes, you have […]
Mascot petition surfaces online
Imagery is ‘insensitive and disrespectful’ to Native American culture says organizers That’s why she signed the petition. As a freshman, Elizabeth Herrick couldn’t get enough of those whoops […]
The Ritchie County controversy reaches new heights as organizers go public, convince Board of Education to consider changing the mascot
ELLENBORO, W.Va. – There’s been quite a bit of controversy surrounding Ritchie County High School over the last few weeks as a group of alumni have organized […]
Library cancels story time after threats of violence
The Drag Queen Story Time event that was scheduled Saturday at the Morgantown Public Library on Spruce Street was canceled after comments were posted to Facebook that […]
