Consider the population of West Virginia, which currently comes in at roughly 1.7 million, including an unincorporated town or two. Consider everyone you know in that breakdown. Using your mind’s […]
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WVU professor and Ukraine native launches ‘Laptops for Learning’ campaign for schoolchildren back home
The young ones always manage to smile for the cellphone snaps in their elementary school classrooms back home. Compelling visuals, they are – and Valerya Gritsenko finds herself going to […]
Mon teachers get checked out on the latest computer technology
Back in the pandemic days, more than one Monongalia County educator had to be gently talked into using technology – really using technology – for remote classroom instruction, since virtually […]
Johnnie Johnson music festival is Saturday in Fairmont: Area musician was Chuck Berry’s collaborator for years
FAIRMONT – Go, Johnnie, go. Johnnie Johnson, the boogie-woogie piano player and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member from Fairmont, once told an understated story about his musical collaborations […]
‘Summer Avalanche’ learning camps rumble into Mon’s schools today
Some 1,800 students from schools across Monongalia County start going downhill today – so they’ll be better able to hit new learning elevations, come fall. Today is the first day […]
Meet John Kelly: The man who lived to tell about it
George Washington, by all accounts, was considered a brilliant tactician on the battlefield. Even if he was out-thought, and out-fought, by the British that day near Philadelphia. The Revolutionary War […]
Recent MHS grad Rania Zuri is now royality (officially) in the book world
It didn’t take Rania Zuri long to become royalty in the world of books, libraries and authors. Last week, the 2023 graduate of Morgantown High School was presented with an […]
‘Hi, Eleanor’: Arthurdale’s New Deal Festival is Saturday
Elmer Rich had himself a pretty good deal in Arthurdale nine years ago. On a golden July afternoon, the renowned fiddler, then 94, was sawing out timeless tunes — “Arkansas […]
Fall registration for adult learners begins next week at MTEC
Like a finely tuned generator, the Monongalia County Technical Education Center was humming along Thursday afternoon. It wasn’t as bustling, as say, a mid-week day in fall, center director Greg […]
Suncrest Elementary named a ‘model school’ for conflict resolution
Keeping students motivated — and conflict-free — can be a sticky situation. That why Doug Gaither allowed himself to be duct-taped to a wall at Suncrest Elementary School a couple […]
