Where there’s fire – there’s smoke. Smoke, in this case, coming from a spate of wildfires that have raged across Canada for the past three days. The meteorological byproduct has […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
National study: COVID made high school class of 2023 collectively rethink academic, career plans
Tyra Kelly gave a grin before answering. The Clay-Battelle senior, part of the Blacksville school’s class of 2023, was getting ready to line up with her classmates on the football […]
An Avalanche of breakfast and lunch is coming to Mon Schools
A chicken tender can’t take up for itself — but Monongalia County Schools can. Should any freezer across the district begin an unplanned thaw, be it by power failure or […]
Morgantown’s champion Mohawk hockey team gives a thank you to the WVU Health System for its support
Do you believe in miracles? The Morgantown Mohawks hockey team almost iced one in Minnesota this past March, making it all the way to national finals of its division before […]
D-Day, the 6th of June: 79 years since world endured ‘longest day’
War stories. There are war stories, still. As bullets snapped the air and frazzled soldiers darted their eyes this way and that, one sergeant sighed, shouldered his weapon – […]
David Bonasso, dentist and community advocate, retires
FAIRMONT – It’s not even 9 a.m., and David Bonasso and Barbara Oleyarski-Witt have already leveled one another with enough insults and name-calling to last well into the afternoon. All […]
Last day of school for Mon was Wednesday — district looking ahead to a host of upcoming learning enrichment camps
The last day of school for Mon’s public district came a little earlier this year, given a relatively mild winter that didn’t necessitate very many snow days — which always […]
Mon Schools’ bus driver Service of the Year for 2024: Nora Pacifico transports special-needs students
A fateful thing happened to Nora Pacifico back when her children were little and their church needed someone to drive the bus for Sunday school, field trips and the like. […]
Blaze destroys home of Pantry Plus More co-founder
A family known for its generosity to the community over the years now finds itself in need. That was after a fast-moving fire Sunday afternoon leveled the family home of […]
Clay-Battelle Class of 2023: ‘Now we’re turning the page to the new chapter’
BLACKSVILLE – Tyra Kelly put a beach theme on her mortarboard Sunday afternoon, adorning the top of the academic headwear with tiny seashells and a cut-out cartoon of a smiling […]




