No one has actually referred to the Internet as “the Information Superhighway,” since the late 1990s, or thereabouts. Even so, the resource and its digital environs is still part of […]
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One foot in front of the other, for Special Olympics
Kristian Rowan moved a lot of water last summer in Seattle. That was during the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games – where the swimmer from Monongalia struck gold and also […]
Specialized seminars help train counselors to help students prepare for life
Educators from across West Virginia were talking about school capacity Thursday in Morgantown. Just not the infrastructure kind. The discourse didn’t have a thing to do with classroom sizes. Or, […]
Local Boy Scouts recount Jamboree experiences prior to week-long get-together
GLEN DALE, W.Va. — Boy Scouts these days can earn a merit badge for designing apps for smartphones — but Nathaniel Selfridge, Patrick Ryan and J.J. Reese already know that. […]
Kurt Shaw’s journey into antique appraisal started with him getting ripped off
How much is this stuff actually worth? The family wanted to know. They were curious, not crass. Because Kurt Shaw’s grandmother had a lot of stuff. And a lot of […]
After years of waiting, stable owner makes it to the Kentucky Derby
This is a story partly about horses, a horsewoman and the most famous horse race of all, the Kentucky Derby. Which is why we’re opening with … fish. Specifically, the […]
Bikers fly high at 15th annual MountainFest Rally
A journey has its just rewards, so long as a right-cool vessel is involved. (The delivery system, don’t you know.) No, the above didn’t come from Sigmund Freud, or Peter […]
From baking to blowtorches: Summer Snowflake program allows students to experience variety of trades
No, it has nothing to do with the blood product. Jamiere Evans wields a mean plasma cutter, and the student who will be a freshman at University High School this […]
Protests staged at Rep. McKinley’s Morgantown office target Trump policies, recent comments
This land is your land. Woody Guthrie got the last word Wednesday afternoon at David McKinley’s Morgantown office in Seneca Center. Around 20 members of Morgantown Working Families, an advocacy […]
Mon BOE discusses how county expansion affects schools
MORGANTOWN — WestRidge, work orders and what happens when the person who takes care of “that thing,” retires or goes on vacation. So went Tuesday night’s special session on facilities […]
