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Petition for Garrison’s Resignation

By Erin • Jun 3rd, 2008 • Category: Local News

The news in the wake of the “Bresch scandal” has left many people hoping for Mike Garrison’s resignation. Mountaineers for Integrity and Responsibility has started a petition to the Board of Governors for said resignation. They have gathered over a thousand signatures so far.
The award of an unearned eMBA degree to Heather Bresch [...]



Monongalia County Smoking Ban Delayed Indefinitely

By Erin • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Attention, Local News

The Monongalia County Board of Health was prepared to vote today on the Monongalia County Clean Indoor Air Regulation. Unfortunately, it appears that the Smoke-Free Mon County Coalition helped to ruin any chances of an end to this issue when they filed a complaint with the state ethics commission claiming that three members of [...]



Morgantown Farmers’ Market

By Erin • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Food & Health, Local News

The Morgantown Farmers’ Market is now open! (Actually, it opened May 3rd, but hush.) In the parking lot at the corner of Spruce and Fayette Streets every Saturday morning, from 8:30am to noon. Come support your local farmers, and get some great produce or meat in the bargain! Everything at the market [...]



Vote!

By Erin • May 13th, 2008 • Category: Local News

Today is the WV Primary, go vote!



Happy 100th Mother’s Day!

By Erin • May 11th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment, Local News

Mother’s Day, as we celebrate it now in the U.S., began when Anna Jarvis celebrated it in 1908, in a church in Grafton, WV, to honor her own mother. It caught on so quickly in other states that by 1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared it a national holiday. (Anna Jarvis actually became a [...]



Death Threat Fliers Against Manchin and WVU BOG

By Mary • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Local News

In the wake of WVU’s degree scandal involving Heather Bresch, the daughter of Gov. Manchin, someone expressed their sentiment through threatening fliers in an Evansdale campus building.
According to the Charleston Daily Mail, WVU Police removed fliers from the university’s engineering building that read “Kill Joe Manchin” and “Kill a WVU BOG member today.”
WVU Police Chief [...]



Snug Deal for Huggins

By Mary • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Local News

WVU Officials announced today that the contract for Mountaineer Basketball Coach, Bob Huggins, has been finalized, according to Metro News.
The agreement, which began May 2, created a position for Huggins for the next 11 years (until his 65th birthday).
Posh details of the contract include $250,000 annual salary, “two courtesty vehicles” provided by the university and [...]



Faculty Senate Votes “No Confidence”

By Erin • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Local News

The WVU Faculty Senate met last night and voted “no confidence” in WVU President Mike Garrison over a recent degree scandal, recommending that Garrison resign to save the school’s reputation. The scandal surrounds an executive MBA degree granted to Heather Bresch, daughter of Governor Joe Manchin, old friend of Mike Garrison, and chief operating [...]



Tomorrow (Tuesday) is Last Day

By Erin • Apr 21st, 2008 • Category: Local News

Tuesday is the last day for WV residents to register for the upcoming primary.  Get out there and register!
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Clarksburg Water Board Customers Should Boil Their Water

By Erin • Apr 10th, 2008 • Category: Local News

Clarksburg Water Board Customers are being told to boil their water after four positive coliform tests in two days. E. coli were also found.
Health department officials recommend boiling water for bathing, but it is not required. Officials ask that if you do not boil water, care should be taken to avoid getting water [...]