MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Executive Director of Communications April Kaull has announced plans to leave West Virginia University to serve as the associate vice president for strategic communications at Carnegie Mellon University. , According to a Carnegie Mellon release Kaull will begin her duties there on April 7. Kaull came to WVU in 2015 as spokesperson…
WESTON, W.Va. — The driver in an I-79 that seriously injured two children has been charged with child neglect resulting in serious injuries. Troopers from the West Virginia State Police said on March 14 that Fazila Kahn, 41, of Levittown, Pa., was southbound on I-79 at the 88-mile marker when she lost control and crashed,…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Parcels of property that are home to the Beechurst Power Plant could be removed from the Sunnyside Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District. Morgantown City Council unanimously approved a resolution that would consider an application to amend the boundaries of the TIF as part of the original Sunnyside Up Project Plan that would…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Monongalia County Commission hopes to correct remitted tax errors that involve two local levying bodies. The commission unanimously approved the issuance of letters to the City of Westover and the Monongalia County Board of Education on the need to have approximately $300,000 refunded back to the county due to a TIF…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Northbound traffic of Interstate 79 was shut down near the Marion/Harrison county line for several hours Wednesday while crews fight a brush fire. According to officials with the Marion County 911 Center, crews were alerted to a vehicle fire on I-79 North, near the 130 mile marker south of White Hall at…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Second District Congressman Riley Moore now has an office in Morgantown off Chestnut Ridge Road at 8 Suburban Court. Moore previewed some of the services his staff can help constituents with in front of a crowd of about 60 people Wednesday. “Sometimes it’s so difficult to talk to the federal government about…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A dedicated family of Mountaineer supporters will establish a new professorship at the WVU College of Law with a very important gift. The Deem family, of Bridgeport, established the Patrick D. Deem Professor of Law. The professorship will provide support to aid research, teaching and service and the first preference for the…
WESTOVER, W.Va. — Improvements on Holland Avenue in Westover are underway . Thrasher Group Senior Project Manager Doug Smith said this will start a 90-day timeframe for the work that will include the replacement of both gravity sewer line and storm sewer line along Holland Avenue, as well as an overhaul of the road affected…
GRAFTON, W.Va. — The final report into the fatality at the Leer Mine near Grafton in September of 2024 has been released by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). The report said on On Sept. 28, 2024, Colton Walls, 34, of Bruceton Mills, was advancing longwall shields when a nylon rope and hook broke…
