The majority of Mountain State students who enter high school as freshmen leave like they’re supposed to. That is, four years later (or thereabouts), they gleefully turn their tassels on […]
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Morgantown Marathon returns Sunday
As the old “Saturday Night Live” sketch with Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken decreed, there are times in life … when you’ve just gotta have more cowbell. Especially if you’re […]
WVU hosts State of Diversity address to kick off Diversity Week
Implicit bias, the act of casting racial dispersions on people whether you realize it or not, is hardly black and white. That’s why Meshea Poore was an exclamation point when […]
Doing the Deckers Dash: 5K raises money for FODC
Too bad Stokey wasn’t stoked about the yoga. He would have owned Downward-facing Dog. But that didn’t mean, however, that the Old English Shepherd wasn’t friendly, on a sun-soaked Sunday […]
Local stories from the heated lines of the 9/11 attacks
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Sarah Cooke blinked twice to shake off the glare of the klieg lights, and when she looked back down, it was still there. Something shiny. Well, that […]
Grandon retiring after 21 years as Morgantown Mall general manager
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Hmm, maybe it wasn’t such a good idea staging the cow-milking contest in front of Victoria’s Secret like that. Well, yeah, Harry Grandon II said with both […]
Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club morning, afternoon offerings back in place
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club, which was ordered to close its doors last month, is slowly rehabbing its way back to its job description. Eric Murphy […]
Trinity Christian’s new class focuses on coding and robotics
Justin Braun is a wrench-turner from way back, even if he is still just a junior at Trinity Christian School. He’s car-crazy, and wants to major in mechanical engineering. Wednesday […]
While youngsters are kicking off the new school year, teachers are preparing to make learning fun
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Math teachers can factor in a sense of humor, too. That’s why Amanda Cosner, an academic coach at Brookhaven Elementary School who teaches that subject, multiplied some […]
Mon County students head back to school
Just like that, those Bluebird buses are back on the road this morning in Monongalia County. Today is the first day of school in Mon — and about 12,000 students […]
