With the opening of WVU’s Falling Run Greenspace, a small army of volunteers has returned a near-downtown oasis to us all. A hundred years ago, Falling Run fell in a series of charming, rocky cascades. It flowed from what we now know as the WVU Organic Research Farm through the steep ravine between Willey Street and the downtown campus to…
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In its second year, the Deep Roots Mountain Revival is all about the music. It’s no secret there were problems with the music festival that formerly occupied Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown. The crowds were huge, but not always in a fun way. Traffic jams caused headaches for locals. Rowdy festival-goers kept police busy. But the root of all those problems,…
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Renew your driver’s license in a jif while getting lunch at the Star City Sheetz, with the DMV Now kiosk. You’re going to Sheetz to gas up the car and you notice that your driver’s license has expired. Or you only have 30 minutes for lunch, and you want to grab a sandwich and update your car’s tags. You’re in…
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A designer jogs into the long-forgotten fountain he had been seeking for the Mon County Courthouse plaza makeover. For Phil Cole, a recent Sunday afternoon jog came with an added benefit: He spotted a long-missing bit of county history—the drinking fountain original to the Monongalia County Courthouse square that’s at the center of the major makeover that began in May….
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We’re just four episodes into Kromatic Media’s six-part true crime podcast about the infamous 1970 murders of two WVU students—which gives you time to catch up.