For Monongalia County Schools, it’s the (unwanted) gift that keeps on giving. The unprecedented “bomb cyclone” over the holidays, that is. More than half of the buildings […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Former mayor Frank Scafella writes a memoir — of Morgantown
Pretty good for a kid from Wiles Hill who had dropped out of high school to join up. Frank Scafella was all ten-hut and squared away in […]
North Elementary principal, vice principal placed on leave ‘due to incident,’ district says
North Elementary School’s principal and vice principal have been placed on leaves of absence “due to an incident that remains under investigation,” Mon Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell […]
Campbell: Hope scholarship amendment won’t affect Mon Schools
The first reading of Policy 2371 proceeded without fanfare during Tuesday night’s meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education. That’s because it was a formality. Policy […]
Mon Schools to partner with Pierpont on dual-degree offering
Traditionally, more than half of Monongalia County’s high school seniors go on to college after graduation. In a place on the map where a low college-going rate […]
Morgantown high schoolers named finalists in MIT tech competition
The collapse of a fully occupied condominium in Florida two years ago. The major earthquake that shook parts of Syria and Turkey two weeks ago. No matter […]
Lou Birurakis: Living the gourd life
At the rosy-fingered dawn of every day during planting season, people know just where Lou Birurakis will be. Lou, who has been a community activist, WVU football […]
GameChanger offers new opioid awareness campaign for parents, other caregivers
Consider the numbers. Every five minutes of every hour, of every day, someone in America dies of a drug overdose. Your son. Your daughter. Your spouse. It […]
WV Chocolate Wine & Shine event back at Mylan Park
It was 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, and while most people were still on their second cup of coffee — Jamie Summerlin was already on the second page of […]
Two out of three could be better: Mon Valley Habitat looking for a third family for its Kingwood triplex
Mon Valley Habitat for Humanity is addressing new frontiers in geography and architecture these days. Since 1990, the organization that builds houses for people who might not […]