MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County students from 5 to 11 years of age will have the opportunity to roll up their sleeves for the COVID vaccine this coming week. The first-time […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
‘They were fighting for freedom’
MORGANTOWN — It was a tale of fathers and sons during Thursday’s Veterans Day ceremonies at Courthouse Square. Tony Setley smiled down at his son, Sammy — and Steve Harper […]
Veterans Day: City native Berry Birurakis among the pilots who flew America’s fallen home
After sidling by the hills and poking through the fog, there it is. On the days when the sky is a lithograph blue, Berry Birurakis really doesn’t have to look […]
Mon Schools: Masks will stay on (for now) and COVID vaxx for elementary kids begin next week
It’s hard to find an off-ramp when COVID is still behind the wheel. That was the direction the Monongalia County Board of Education took Tuesday night after a parent asked […]
Gee: U. of Austin advisory post all about ideas and dialogue — not changing jobs
WVU President Gordon Gee told the campus community in a letter Monday that his energies will remain deep in the heart of Morgantown – even if he has been tapped […]
Mon teacher sues the state over charter school process
MORGANTOWN — Sam Brunett broke it down into one concise sentence last week. It’s not charter schools in general – nor is it the West Virginia Academy in particular, he […]
‘Sums up who we are’ — Mills Group moves to historic High Street
All that autumn sun got Mills Group LLC right where it lived late Friday afternoon. Rays streamed through the giant windows upstairs and the not-as-giant ones downstairs. It glinted off […]
Little arms, big benefit: Mon Schools ready to vaccinate students in 5-11 age group
The COVID vaccine could be going into the arms of Monongalia County’s youngest students as early as Nov. 15, officials from the school district said. “Well, right now, we’re still […]
Mon Schools: Booster shots for employees will be in November
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Schools will begin administering COVID booster shots to its employees in two separate clinics next month, Deputy Schools Superintendent Donna Talerico said. More than 800 doses […]
‘If you ever want to really learn something, go out and teach it’
In Morgantown, where just as many townie kids stay as their classmates who move on, it’s not uncommon to encounter an old teacher from high school in the checkout lane […]
