FAIRMONT – For generations, the Appalachian Mountain dulcimer, the region’s iconic musical instrument, has been producing high, lonesome sounds and rollicking rhythms just this side of rock ‘n’ roll. And […]
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Mon Schools to deploy weapons detectors at various football games this fall
When you go out to enjoy a high school football game this fall under the Friday night lights of Monongalia County, don’t be surprised if you have to huddle at […]
No more ‘put that phone away’ in Mon Schools
ICYMI: Monongalia County’s school district is going smartphone-free this year. And the guidelines aren’t being put in place to take something away from students, Donna Talerico said Wednesday. Rather, the […]
Mon Schools to Calandrelli: Crowdfunding prohibited
Say you’re a teacher in Monongalia County Schools. What’s the difference between that laptop computer – or a pack of construction paper – you might need for your classroom? Well, […]
Mon Schools: Just seven teacher vacancies going into new year
This time next week, school buildings across Monongalia County will be thrumming with activity as students file in for the start of the 2024-25 academic year. Look for that same […]
Dudley Woodbridge’s spellbinding road trip to West Virginia
Did a Salem tourist conjure second thoughts in Morgantown? Stewart Williams started wondering that when he happened upon a certain footstone a few weeks back at Oak Grove Cemetery. Williams, […]
Mon Schools ready to hit the books for the coming year
Monongalia County school buses will again be on the road three weeks from now. The first day of school for the district is Aug. 20, when around 11,500 students are […]
Arts commission in Fairmont celebrates its 40th anniversary Saturday
FAIRMONT – On a rainy afternoon 11 years ago in the band room at University High School … Neil King was bopping for all he was worth. King, who was […]
More and more women pilots enrolled in Fairmont State aviation programs
FAIRMONT — In skies achingly clear over north-central West Virginia 30 years ago, the late Rose Cousins, by all airborne accounts, was a woman content. During those lofty, leisurely afternoons, […]
Thursday is W.Va. Donor Day: Aims to raise awareness about importance of organ donation
Tammy Bishoff celebrates that letter. Because every time she re-reads it, she knows that Brayden, in essence, is still alive. Every time she re-reads it, she knows its author is […]
