The way Jamie Summerlin sees it, Valentine’s Day is a pretty elemental thing. After all, the community organizer asks, what’s more elemental than fine wine, rich chocolate and — heck, […]
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Mon BOE: Quarantining going away (but not masks, not yet)
Monongalia County is losing its COVID blush by degrees. On Wednesday, Mon was showing gold on the County Alert map maintained by the state Department of Health and Human Services. […]
History, alive and on display at Trinity
Babe Ruth rubbed shoulders with Walt Disney Tuesday morning at Trinity Christian School. And Amelia Earhart and Harriet Tubman had a nice talk, also. The project at the faith-based school […]
Mylan Park students learn a unique (and colorful) way to reduce stress
Remember the snow globe you had when you were a kid? You loved that thing. You could shake it and put that winter scene into motion, and then watch — […]
Mon school district to relax contact tracing for COVID
Monday marked the first day, and the first week since the pandemic hit, that county schools won’t be undergoing extensive contact tracing among students and staffers when others in the […]
Do you hear what I hear: Morgantown activists launch listening project for racial understanding
When’s the last time you really listened to what someone had to say? You know: Really listened. In an actual conversation, about a serious, societal issue — in an exchange […]
‘I’d call him an English gentleman’: Family describes missing Cheat Lake man
It’s been more than a month since Bryn Hargreaves last spoke to family in his native England. And when Monongalia County deputies tried the door to his Whisper Creek apartment […]
Sword of history: UHS student unique finalist in Golden Horseshoe competition
MORGANTOWN — University High School’s Rebecca Chmiel, 16, who excels both on the playing field and in the classroom, just might be on her way to becoming a historical footnote […]
Summer Avalanche will be no small tomatoes for Mon students
With all the snow of late, can an avalanche be far behind? In Monongalia County’s school district, that answer is yes. And the avalanche hits … this summer. Make that, […]
The root of it all: WVU’s “Give Kids a Smile” on Friday will introduce young patients to the dentist’s chair
Zip the “toothless hillbilly” jokes if you don’t mind: West Virginia’s poor dental health is nothing to laugh about. Cavities can turn into cardiac issues later in life and lead […]
