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A new home
“We’re looking forward to being here a long time,” Patti Linn said of the Fairmont Moose Lodge’s new location, which opened Monday.
The fraternal organization had been stationed at 1000 Fairmont Ave., the former YMCA building, for more than 60 years. The lodge shut down in October of last year when the utility expenses and maintaining the building became too much to handle. Chuck Ledsome, lodge administrator, said membership declined....more>>

• Tennant resigns from city council
• Special reunion

TV drives college football, basketball
To the surprise of no one, television has become the single most important driving force within the college football and basketball industries, and don’t ever let anyone tell you it’s a sport and not an industry on the Division 1 level.
It had tremendous power through the broadcast networks before ESPN came along, but the cable sports network let a revolution that took sports out of the stadium and brought it into the living room.
West Virginia has benefited from it in both sports....more>>

• When it comes to futility, Bucs have company to futility, Bucs have company
• WVU athletic department: MSN proven product

Fairmont State Sports

FSU MBA program golf benefit Sunday
The second golf outing to benefit Fairmont State University’s MBA program will be held next Sunday at White Day Golf Course.
Organizers Jeff Jacobs, Dan Everly and Terri Markle are hoping for a full field of 36 participants, compared to the 18 golfers at the first tournament....more>>

• Flocking to Fairmont
• FSU women sign Florida center

Fan support key at Pete Dye
The potential for strong fan support is one reason the inaugural Nationwide Tour Players Cup is coming to the Pete Dye Golf Club this week.
Crowds were particularly strong for what was then the Pete Dye Classic in 2004 and 2005, when the event was held in July, though they slipped some the past two years when the tournament’s August dates conflicted with the start of school and football season....more>>

• Ride of a lifetime
• Bland finishes 15th at Olympic Trials

Mosquito hunters trap 12,000 insects
While most folks try to avoid mosquitoes, Greg Chrislip and his crew go out looking for them.
The insects are captured in traps and then tested for West Nile virus....more>>

• Workers’ comp market prepares for new era
• Historic state jail now houses government offices

McCain struggles to regain footing
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement.
The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats. ...more>>

• Obama believes response to Iraq remarks overblown
• U.S. soldiers in Iraq mark Fourth of July

AP Money and Markets

Cost of farming climbing across nation
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service looks for the country’s 2008 net farm income to reach a record level.
The USDA forecasted that this year the average farm operator household income would rise 6.3 percent to $89,434. Most specialties are expected to experience an increase in 2008....more>>

• Country Roads Physical Therapy in new location
• Clinic’s aquatic program starts July 8

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Three cheers for the red, white and blue
Three cheers for the red, white, and blue!
Independence Day came quickly, and it was quite obvious from the firework tents, barbecue grill sales, and respective decorations. But has it turned into yet another commercial holiday? Or does tradition, history and our inalienable rights still hold the true meaning of the 4th of July?...more>>

• College grub
• Queen for a Day

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• ‘Welcome Home, Mary Lou Retton’
• 4T Arena Rodeo

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