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Business, Congress, Education
Capito, Manchin support TikTok sale bill, promote cybersecurity during Focus Forward appearances
17 hours agoMORGANTOWN – If you’re stressed about the potential demise of TikTok (or maybe delighted), don’t be, Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito said Wednesday. It will […]
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Business, Healthcare, Latest News
Intermed Labs marks grand opening of new HQ with ribbon-cutting ceremony
19 hours agoMORGANTOWN — Intermed Labs — the Morgantown-based medical technology startup studio — celebrated the grand opening of its headquarters at the WVU Innovation Corp. building with a […]
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Latest News
National American Legion Commander: ‘Be the One’
2 days agoIt’s OK … to not be OK. If you think that’s some feel-good chestnut from an old, tucked-away, self-help paperback on your bookshelf — well — think […]
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Business, Education, Government
Focus Forward symposium: Cybersecurity is key to our future and could make West Virginia the ‘center of the universe’
2 days agoMORGANTOWN – On May 7, 2021, the Columbia natural gas pipeline was temporarily shut down by a ransomware attack. That attack, and the ever-present vulnerability of our […]
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Business, Education, Government
Focus Forward conference looks at the potential benefits and downfalls of artificial intelligence
2 days agoMORGANTOWN – West Virginians walk around with powerful computers in the palms of their hands every day. Students use ChatGPT to help them write papers. People of […]
Sports
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3-time state champs Sharron Young and Izzy Everett lead Class AAAA all-state team
March 29, 2024MORGANTOWN — It’s every player’s dream to have the opportunity to make a crucial play in the state championship. It’s [...] -
Trinity comeback falls just short in loss to Tygarts Valley
March 28, 2024MORGANTOWN — As is so often the case at Mylan Park, the Trinity Christian baseball game against Tygarts Valley Thursday night [...] -
Morgantown baseball picks up 3rd win in last 24 hours
March 28, 2024MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown High baseball team earned a pair of wins on Thursday afternoon at Dale Miller Field, first over [...] -
Sophomores Cash and Bryner get UHS baseball back to winning ways
March 28, 2024MORGANTOWN — Coming off its first two losses of the season, the University High School baseball team turned to a pair of [...] -
Tucker DeVries recovering from shoulder surgery, excited to get started at WVU
March 28, 2024MORGANTOWN — Tucker DeVries’ introduction to the WVU men’s basketball program came with a bang. “The musket, is that what [...] -
Darian DeVries introduced as WVU’s men’s hoops coach, announces son Tucker will play for the Mountaineers
March 28, 2024MORGANTOWN — Darian DeVries took his first steps into being a power conference men’s basketball coach Thursday, as the former [...]
- Ammar Maxwell and Zycheus Dobbs headline Class AAA all-state team
- Nutter, Mohigans take advantage of opportunities in comeback victory over rival Hawks
- Notebook: Aubrey Burks entering ‘contract year’ with Mountaineers
Cops and Courts
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Guilty with no mercy
March 29, 2024KINGWOOD — The trial for Luis Martinez-Otero, 54, of Terra Alta ended Thursday with the jury bringing back a guilty verdict of [...] -
Witness willingly takes stand in murder trial
March 28, 2024KINGWOOD — Only one witness was heard during the Luis Martinez-Otero, murder trial Wednesday. Martinez is charged with the May [...] -
FBI seen at home in Morgantown
March 27, 2024Agents with the FBI were seen at a home on the outskirts of Morgantown Wednesday. Officers with West Virginia University police [...] -
Body pulled from Mon river near Scott’s Run
March 27, 2024A body was found Wednesday afternoon in the Monongahela River in the area of Lazzelle Union Road, near Scott’s Run. Granville [...] -
Testimony continues on 3rd day of trial in murder of Zachary Shrout
March 27, 2024KINGWOOD — The Martinez trial entered its third day Tuesday with testimony from Danny Trejo, a Morgantown social worker and [...] -
Charges coming soon in situation that involves Greenbrier West wrestling team
March 26, 2024A county prosecutor called allegations involving members of the Greenbrier West High School wrestling team very serious. The [...]
- ME, forensics scientists testify in murder trial
- Justice helicopter for sale
- WVU to offer self-defense training to students, faculty and staff
Local Government
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Governor signs bill phasing out state income taxes on Social Security
March 29, 2024An organization representing senior citizens is praising Gov. Jim Justice for signing a bill phasing out state taxes on Social [...] -
Unemployment bill becomes law without governor’s signature
March 29, 2024A controversial bill affecting West Virginia’s unemployment system is now law after Gov. Jim Justice took no action on it. The [...] -
Vaccination exemption bill maybe back
March 29, 2024Lawmakers who supported a bill with exceptions to West Virginia’s school vaccination policies predict it will be back next year [...] -
Capito, Manchin support TikTok sale bill, promote cybersecurity during Focus Forward appearances
March 28, 2024MORGANTOWN – If you’re stressed about the potential demise of TikTok (or maybe delighted), don’t be, Sens. Joe [...] -
Justice vetoes bill granting vaccine exceptions
March 28, 2024Gov. Jim Justice vetoed a bill loosening vaccination requirements in some schools, drawing praise from health care organizations. [...] -
Focus Forward symposium: Cybersecurity is key to our future and could make West Virginia the ‘center of the universe’
March 27, 2024MORGANTOWN – On May 7, 2021, the Columbia natural gas pipeline was temporarily shut down by a ransomware attack. That attack, [...]
- Focus Forward conference looks at the potential benefits and downfalls of artificial intelligence
- PSC approves reduced Mon Power/Potomac Edison base-rate hike, compromise net-metering credit achieved in settlements
- Mon Commission rolls out $44.24M budget for fiscal year 2025
Opinion
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Science prevails as Gov. Justice vetoes vax exemption bill
March 28, 2024On Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice made the right decision and vetoed HB 5105, which would have exempted virtual public school [...] -
Guest essay: Why the National Institutes of Health is important to W.Va.
March 28, 2024by Shelley Moore Capito Ten years ago, many West Virginians had to leave the state to get treatment for certain diseases, [...] -
WVU basketball looks to the future
March 28, 2024The last 11 months have been difficult for the WVU basketball program and its fans. It began with Coach Bob Huggins’ [...] -
Justice’s nonsense veto of research funds for RNI
March 27, 2024Gov. Jim Justice often says and does nonsensical things. But his veto of research dollars for WVU’s Rockefeller Neuroscience [...] -
U.S. fired first diplomatic shot at Israel
March 27, 2024by Andreas Kluth “Abstention” is a deceptively diplomatic word, implying some sort of bureaucratic omission. And yet this [...] -
There’s no shame in a cancer diagnosis
March 27, 2024News that Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cancer set off a pointless argument. One side complained that the [...]
- Grassroots protest got band facility back on campus
- Congress is right to call for the strategic divestment of TikTok
- Abortion and the GOP