MORGANTOWN – Around 6,000 children and teens are currently in foster care in West Virginia. With the Mountain State’s population of 1.7 million, that’s one of the highest per-capita rates […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
Fairmont State’s Class of 2026 to get its diplomas
FAIRMONT – A new cast of Falcons will soon be leaving the nest in Fairmont. Spring Commencement for Fairmont State University’s Class of 2026 will be Saturday in the Feaster […]
Key of Love: Renowned musician Peter Wilson donates family’s piano to alma mater
MORGANTOWN – Hearing a few snippets of Bach’s “Prelude in C” on a 1927 Mason & Hamlin baby grand piano was as sublime as could be, for a Friday afternoon […]
Clinical collaboration between Mon Schools and WVU Medicine receives statewide recognition
MORGANTOWN – Alex, an outwardly genial 66-year-old, was reclining on an exam table one morning, politely trying to answer every medical query tossed his way. “What brings you in today, […]
High school, and all that jazz: Herbie Hancock Institute coming to Mon County Schools
MORGANTOWN – Eight bars in, and the band gets the groove. “Blues by Five” was the tune. Miles Davis. A hard-bopping workout, it was. And just out-of-kilter enough to make […]
Mon BOE talks education levy and Skills (of the USA variety)
MORGANTOWN – Monongalia County Board of Education member Shawn Smith is also a dad whose kids attend schools here, so he’s always making the rounds in the district in that […]
After (after) the flood: Fairmont State links with city, local bank for Locust Avenue revisioning
FAIRMONT – It didn’t take long for Michael Meade to run an inventory of the contents of his apartment the day after Father’s Day this past June. “OK, that’s my […]
Presidential Scholars named at Fairmont State
FAIRMONT – Eight Fairmont State University students with diverse majors from architecture to the professional flight program to nursing are the 2026 recipients of the Presidential Scholarship, the school announced. […]
Marion BOE awards East Fairmont roof contract — while recognizing top students and teachers
FAIRMONT – For the Marion County of Education earlier this week, it was all about raising the roof – and razing the roof. First, the raising: BOE members opened their […]
Irene Twigg turns 100: A century of serious work and (gloriously) silly fun
MORGANTOWN – It was Party Central at Irene Twigg’s house this past Friday. Her kids were in and out of the place, as they always are. In the kitchen, a […]
