It takes a (technological) village. Tuesday’s first day of school in Monongalia County was met by a series of digital hiccups, freezes and seizes that Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
Mon readies for the (remote) first day of school
County remains red; Undergrads learn online until Sept. 25 Keyboard-clicks from the Chromebook, as your kid answers roll, remotely, for homeroom. Echoing footsteps from a principal, patrolling an empty hallway. […]
Pandemic paycheck: Recognizing essential workers on Labor Day
Just like the Soap Box Derby, Cory Leonard said. Akron, Ohio, is home to that storied, gravity-fueled downhill race, and Leonard, a molecular lab manager at WVU Medicine, couldn’t help […]
State to give $50M for PPE
Gov. Jim Justice said Friday he’s reallocating $50 million for the purchase of additional cleaning supplies and personal protective equipment, as the state readies to return to school this coming […]
WVEA courts Mon Schools
Teacher ’s union president wants WVU stats to stay in the county COVID-19 numbers You can take the COVID out of the metric – but you can’t take the metric […]
Governor again orders bars closed
Two days after they were allowed to reopen, Gov. Jim Justice has again ordered bars in Morgantown and Monongalia County closed indefinitely – telling WVU students his decision came down […]
Mon lawmakers Bell, Leary remembered
With COVID-19 dominating the proceedings in Monongalia County these days, Tom Bloom says he understands if you missed the news. That’s why Bloom, who serves on the county commission and […]
Orange status subject of BOE special session
Zero hour for Monongalia County Schools is 9 p.m., this Saturday. That’s when the state Department of Health and Human Resources updates the COVID-19 map that charts the spread of […]
Mon County bars reopen; ‘orange’ counties turn down gov’s testing offer
Gov. Jim Justice bellied up to the bar Monday for Monongalia County. He decreed that drinking establishments here would reopen as per his earlier order. Taps will again flow despite […]
DHHR begins accepting applications for school voucher program this week
No matter what COVID-19 says, the right school clothes are still the right school clothes. The state Department of Health and Human Resources begins accepting applications for its school voucher […]
