MORGANTOWN – In Part 2 of our review of concerns raised about spending by the Dunbar School Foundation Stop program we begin reporting on our conversations with […]
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Diving into Dunbar Stop’s numbers: In three parts, paper takes a closer look at COVID program’s financials
MORGANTOWN – A COVID-19 program created to serve the African-American population in Marion and surrounding counties has raised concerns from the foundation whose name the program bears. […]
Justice: No fed investigation into Babydog sweepstakes; provides roadwork, other updates during Wednesday briefing
MORGANTOWN – Back on March 20, state Senate Finance chair Eric Tarr asked the U.S. Treasury Office of Inspector General to investigate whether the transfer of $28.375 […]
Justice voices support for keeping Pleasants Power Station open as PSC hearing approaches
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice favors keeping Pleasants Power Station up and running, he said during his Wednesday administration briefing. “It would be a crying shame to […]
Seniors need more COVID protection
by Faye Flam COVID is still killing about 500 Americans every day — picking off the oldest, frailest members of our society. About 9 in 10 COVID […]
Vaccine fears and misinformation: Conversations with COVID Czar Clay Marsh and Mon County Health Officer Lee Smith
MORGANTOWN – Social media abounds with posts questioning the reality and severity of the COVID pandemic, and the safety and effectiveness of the COVID vaccines. A recent […]
Jan. 8 letters to the editor
Let’s create jobs cleaning up old mines A lot of work remains to be done to reclaim abandoned mine lands in West Virginia. Before passage of the […]
COVID vaccines don’t kill people, but anti-vaxx
conspiracists do
The full-contact sport of football is one that is rife with risks. The public and the players have for some time known the dangers posed to the […]
Hospital COVID numbers climbing; new variant taking over; Justice retooling his briefings
MORGANTOWN — COVID hospitalizations have tripled since Thanksgiving, a new variant is on the loose, and Gov. Jim Justice is rebranding his twice-weekly briefings in acknowledgement of […]
COVID cases, hospitalizations on the rise again; Justice plans TikTok ban, orders state preparedness for coming winter storm
MORGANTOWN — Tuesday’s COVID briefing from the governor’s office was plagued with technical glitches but the topics of increased hospitalizations, a TikTok ban and the coming winter […]
