MORGANTOWN – Cue announcer: “This is … Mohigan Idol.” OK, so Ryan Seacrest won’t be on the stage of The Metropolitan Theatre this spring to emcee, but that won’t stop […]
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Fairmont State, WVU educators among Professor of the Year nominees
FAIRMONT – There’s a decided north-central connection in this year’s field of nominees for Professor of the Year by the Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia. Fairmont State University’s Rebecca […]
Extreme weather isn’t affecting last day of school in Mon (so far)
MORGANTOWN – Don’t worry about it, Fern. As in the last day of school in Monongalia County this term, Eddie Campbell Jr. said Thursday. “Fern” is the name of the […]
Mon BOE: Continued support of the education levy helps district make the grade
MORGANTOWN – It’s not another version of Renaissance Academy. That’s what the Monongalia County Board of Education wants you to remember when you head to the polls for May’s primary […]
Summer’s here (well, almost) at Palatine Park
FAIRMONT – With all those icicles growing down the bandstand roof of Palatine Park on Tuesday, it seemed hard to believe that music will be commencing there soon. The popular […]
Fairmont’s Union Mission invites people to come in from the cold
FAIRMONT – The Union Mission was a hot ticket on a 17-degree afternoon Tuesday. “We had 27 people come in last night to stay,” said Jeff Benedict, the clergyman who […]
City museum debuts retrospective of Gospel Singing Koon Family
WESTOVER – On a rainy autumn evening 15 years ago, The Gospel Singing Koon Family was doing what it does: punching holes in the clouds (absolutely) with an unbridled joyful […]
NWS: Frigid temps could be with us through mid-February
FAIRMONT – North-central West Virginia hunkered down Monday in the frigid aftermath of Winter Storm Fern, which brought substantial snow – and teeth-chattering cold with it – to the region […]
City of Fairmont accepting applications for District 5 council seat
FAIRMONT – The administrative search to fill the now-empty District 5 seat on Fairmont City Council is underway. Said seat was left vacant by the untimely death two weeks ago […]
Mon’s top spellers sound it out during 2026 Bee
SABRATON – They got into a war of words Wednesday in Monongalia County Schools – but it wasn’t a bad thing. In fact, academically speaking, it was a good thing. […]
