John Bratkovich once caught a fish … this … big. “No, I really did,” the 10-year-old said Friday morning at Chestnut Mountain Ranch, “but I threw him back.” No fish […]
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No brain-drain here: Morgantown High tops state academic competition
It’s all academic for Sawyer Rudy. “Celebrating this, as we celebrate sports, brings awareness to academics,” the student at Morgantown High School said. “And,” he continued, “it encourages other students […]
Fint-Clark recognized with WVU Buswell Award for service
For 16 years, Becca Fint-Clark has been a 4-H fixture in Monongalia County. Clark, a 4-H agent with WVU’s Extension Service, has been schooling pre-teens and teens for that long […]
Sweet pairing: Cupcake and craft beer fest moves downtown
Still not convinced? About digging into a cupcake with a craft beer, we mean. “Hey, all you need to do is come downtown on Saturday,” Anna Carrier said. “You’ll love […]
W.Va. fourth in U.S. for pre-K education
It’s the kind of educational ranking West Virginia officials actually don’t mind reading about or talking about. That’s because the Mountain State has just placed near the top in the […]
Meet Mary Quarterman: Queen for a Day
FAIRMONT — If you attended the Johnnie Johnson Blues and Jazz Society concerts at Palatine Park in the early 2000s, when Johnson, the boogie-woogie piano player and Chuck Berry collaborator […]
How a song from West Virginia ended up marketing tourism in Oklahoma
The redbuds are in full bloom at the Core Arboretum. And so was the delighted laugh this past Thursday afternoon of a certain director of the old-growth expanse off Patteson […]
Mon BOE moves to adopt levy rates Tuesday night
While Monongalia County Schools is engaged in the marketing of the Renaissance Academy, the proposed standalone school for science, technology, engineering and math that would be the first of its […]
WV BeerFest: Country Roads Trust and a cold one, also
Take me foam, country roads. When you belly up to the inaugural WV BeerFest on Saturday at Mylan Park, you won’t just be celebrating all the craft brews and legendary […]
Running for Katy’s life (and yours, too)
FAIRMONT — Kaitlynn Jade “Katy” Newbraugh, by the accounting of all who knew her, was a top-achieving kid who cared about her family, her neighbors and the place she called […]
