Teachers’ associations are not happy with governor’s decision Gov. Jim Justice’s plan to get students back in classrooms three weeks from now isn’t making the grade with the state’s two […]
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Morgantown High adds to honors wall
Tomasky, Simoyi and Portnoy join list of graduates Things don’t begin and end with Barney Fife at Morgantown High School. Or, Don Knotts (Class of 1942), the comedic actor who […]
Goodbye, Gramma
Elder sister of ‘Gramma & Ginga’ fame dies at 106 The interview with The Dominion Post was going just great, it really was. Until Ginga squeaked her chair across Gramma’s floor. The […]
Looking back gives an idea what is ahead for schools in new year
The same three points, the same as last time. When Gov. Jim Justice ordered schools shuttered across West Virginia last March due to the then looming pandemic, the state Department […]
Landmark transplant patient is on the mend
Nark “K.D.” Kumaravelan, the Morgantown restaurateur who underwent a landmark heart and kidney transplant last month at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, didn’t have it quite right, the people who know […]
Giving is the best present
Powersports gives early gift to local teen who battles cancer The nurses at St. Jude’s would always laugh at the T-shirt Colby Simkovic wore to his chemotherapy treatments last summer. […]
Remote learning has students feeling more disconnected
Too much homework. Or, not enough. Using the latest technology to talk to teachers via Chromebooks — while feeling more emotionally disconnected than ever. So goes the quandary of COVID-19 […]
COVID death toll mounts, but more vaccine on the way
The people who are among the most vulnerable to COVID-19 are likely the only ones who got Gov. Jim Justice’s “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” reference Monday. “You don’t want to be […]
Survey: Majority of teachers will take the vaccine
They’ve raised their hands and now they’re ready to roll up their sleeves. Around 80% of West Virginia teachers said this week they’ll take the coronavirus vaccine when it’s their […]
Moore reflects on time at Pierpont
A look back as he readies to move on to life’s next chapter FAIRMONT — It was the NBA, not the Ph.D., that occupied the thoughts of Johnny Moore in […]
