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Class is in session

Yesterday, students stepped off the bus for the first time this year — some of them for the first time ever. They made the first of hundreds of journeys through their schools’ doors, took the first walk of thousands down the long hallways and sat down in the first of dozens of desks as teachers stood at the fronts of their classrooms. The 2022-23 school year has begun. When we think of “back to school” that is who we picture: the kids and the educators. But while students-to-be compared class schedules with peers and teachers set up their classrooms, hundreds of other school ...

United Way going to ‘Change the Game’

The United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties will be kicking off its 2023 campaign next month. This year’s campaign co-chairs are Brooke Brown, Amanda Mazey, Kate Covich and Lindsay Hammond. Fitting, since the campaign theme is “Change the Game” and their husbands are WVU football coach Neal Brown, baseball coach Randy Mazey, golf coach Sean Covich and rifle coach Jon Hammond, respectively. Several area businesses, including The Dominion Post, have been chosen as Pacesetters to get the campaign started by raising money early, but members of the public can start making ...

Account for climate change

New developments plus severe weather could overwhelm water systems “I would say we’re at the borderline of the capacity for that pipe based on our calculations,”   Morgantown Utility Board Stormwater Senior Engineer Ken Hacker told the Morgantown Planning Commission. At issue is the proposed La Dolce Vita development, at the corner of Van Voorhis and Southview Street. In light of last year’s horrendous floods, residents at neighboring Heritage Place are nervous the development could overwhelm the existing stormwater system and make flooding even worse. An engineer ...

Not too late to visit the summer farmers markets

Apparently Mother Nature has decided summer is over. This past week has distinctly felt more like autumn, with days dawning cool and temperatures only rising to the mid-70s to low 80s. Or maybe we’re getting the spring we missed out on — it felt like we went straight from winter to summer and skipped the mild, misty days of spring, but this coming week is supposed to hover in the low- to mid-80s and likely bring daily showers. While it may feel like summer is coming to an end, several of the events we usually associate with the hottest season aren’t over quite yet. The ...

ESAs are not service dogs

There’s always someone who ruins it for everyone else. The Dominion Post recently profiled a veteran and his service dog and some of the challenges they’ve faced in public places, from being interrogated by staff members to being outright denied service. And there are many like him across the nation who have experienced the same things. Legally, according to the Americans with Disabilities Act, a service animal is a dog that has been trained to perform a specific task to help its owner with a disability or mental illness. Tasks can include picking up items, guiding an ...

Manchin should come home and explain his vote

On Monday, West Virginia State Sen. Randy Smith called on U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin to come before the Legislature and justify his vote for the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Manchin has famously said that if he can’t go home and explain it to West Virginia voters, then he won’t vote for it. Smith, as a West Virginia voter, is well within his rights to ask Manchin to come home and explain the IRA to him and Manchin’s other constituents. Manchin should take Smith up on his invitation. There’s a lot of confusion about what is and isn’t covered in the law, signed this ...