MORGANTOWN – U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Bissett has signed off on a reorganization plan signaling WestRidge’s emergence from Chapter 11. The emergence plan includes public financing in the form of tax increment financing and sales tax increment financing bond issuances approved in July by the Monongalia County Commission. According to WestRidge, institutional bond investors include […]
MORGANTOWN – Michael Green wasn’t exactly putting his best face forward that afternoon two years ago, but the thing was … the effort was still pretty good. Well, check that. It was quite good, in fact. Especially since the artist (and teacher) was offering up an art lesson – on the fly – right in […]
MORGANTOWN – Local news in West Virginia and the United States has changed for good. Forty percent of all newspapers have disappeared in the last 20 years, accounting for at least 50,000 jobs, and there are 50 million people living in “news deserts” across the United States, according to West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame […]
FAIRMONT – That $1 million sure is burning a hole in Brian Starn’s pocket these days. Starn, who serves as chief of Fairmont Fire Department, was talking about the federal outlay recently awarded to the city from the state’s lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The chief said the dollars will be used for renovations at the […]
KINGWOOD – The Preston County Commission held a short meeting to approve four opioid settlement grant requests and to hire two new EMS employees. Commissioners approved the hiring of Shawna Knotts as an Assistant EMS Director. She will begin work Oct. 16. According to the county’s official job posting, the Assistant EMS Director is responsible […]
For years, the term “Dr. Google” has been used to describe the growing tendency of patients to search online for information about symptoms, diagnoses, medications and treatments before or after seeing their physician. Just as physicians and patients learned how to navigate that world, a much more sophisticated source of medical information arrived: artificial intelligence—or, […]
Homeowners want to do everything they can to protect their investment, and that includes both renovating a property to reflect recent trends and keeping up with routine maintenance to ensure a home does not fall into a state of disrepair. Anticipating potential issues and planning for them is part of maintaining a home. Such anticipation […]
NEW YORK — Nearly everyone will feel the impact of what’s going on in the bond market, no matter how far away and abstract it may seem. Bond yields have jumped to their highest levels in roughly two decades, and that affects anyone who borrows money. That includes discouraged people trying to keep up with […]
ARLINGTON, Va. — Homes.com, a CoStar Group leading online residential marketplace, released its August 2026 housing market report, showing that the national median sale price reached $395,000, up 2.1% from August 2025. Home sales declined 4.3% from a year earlier, while the number of homes for sale increased 5.4% year over year. Prices continue to […]
Senior Monongalians TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM Our transportation program will provide seniors who cannot drive, lack transportation or live too far from a bus route, with transportation from their homes to our senior center. This will allow seniors to participate in activities, socialize, have a delicious and nutritious lunch, and much more. Space is limited. To get […]
