FAIRMONT — You don’t have to look very hard to see what Fairmont’s Beltline neighborhood once was. For decades, the Beltline was an industrial and community destination […]
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Agile5 Technologies, the state’s Small Business of the Year, is where team meets family
FAIRMONT — The reaction couldn’t be more typical, Adam Leach said. Leach is vice president of operations for Agile5 Technologies, a firm that does its work at […]
Hail, hail, Johnnie Johnson: Chuck Berry collaborator was from Fairmont
FAIRMONT — If it hadn’t been for the movie, “Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Johnnie Johnson likely would have ended his days unheralded in St. Louis, a […]
Hot property (again): Fairmont’s iconic ‘Lava House’ is back on the market
FAIRMONT — It was 1966 when the first of the fully laden dump trucks began rumbling down from Pittsburgh on those pre-interstate roads. And Carol McWilliams couldn’t […]
Tuskegee Airman Roberts worked just as hard waging peace
FAIRMONT — You never leave a wounded bird up there, on its own. That’s what they called them, the shot-up B-17s and B-24s, crippled by the German […]
Rose Cousins: Taking flight, while being well-grounded
FAIRMONT — In skies achingly clear over north-central West Virginia 30 years ago, the late Rose Cousins, by all airborne accounts, was a woman content. During those […]
Country Roads makes moving easier
Country Roads Moving, based in Fairmont, is the “sweet spot” between a large, impersonal moving company and a hastily assembled team of friends who accept pizza as […]
USDA head tours new WIC office in Fairmont
Funding, transportation issues for clients and ways Monongalia County Health Department’s WIC program staff members have conducted outreach in order to connect with eligible participants were some […]
Mary Lou Retton is home, recovering, daughters say
Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton is out of the hospital and recovering from a difficult bout with pneumonia, her daughters said on social media. “Mom is […]
Pants taken in Fairmont robbery
BY MIKE NOLTING A male victim, who had been robbed of his boots and pants, ran down Washington Street in Fairmont as the alleged robber chased him […]
