MORGANTOWN — After several weeks of criticism from union leaders who accused him of standing idle while Morgantown’s former Mylan plant floundered, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
BOE says safety is their top priority
It’s pretty much a lock that Delta and other variants of the coronavirus will have the last word on the first day of school in Monongalia County. […]
‘They’re pulling the pin on the place’: Mylan move-out begins
MORGANTOWN — Mylan’s final exodus has begun. Most of the remaining employees at the once-leading pharmaceuticals maker on Chestnut Ridge Road, which is being shuttered all but […]
‘We can move mountains’ — Meet UW 2022 campaign chair Tammie Alexander
Tammie Alexander doesn’t make a big deal about it, but she’s helped moved some mountains in her time. Growing up in Cameron, Marshall County, she tended to […]
‘Our kids are ready to get that back’: After last fall’s pandemic-shortened season, MHS marching band drilling for all
MORGANTOWN — The Funk Doctor, it can be said, is one musically exacting dude. Evidenced by all those haikus of Almost, Not Quite. “Too heavy after the […]
Mon Schools to hold vaxx clinics in August
MORGANTOWN — With Delta variant cases on the rise in West Virginia and elsewhere, Monongalia County’s school district is again asking its students, teachers and staffers who […]
ACT test streamlines registration for students with disabilities
Instructional booklets with larger type. Rooms that are larger, also, for wheelchair accessibility. Permission to mark test answers in an accompanying booklet – rather than the answer […]
And then there were five: City interviews candidates for vacant 1st Ward seat
The 1st Ward seat that Patrick Hathaway never got to occupy was a big presence in the chambers of Morgantown City Council on Tuesday night. Hathaway ran […]
Local school district delves into the data
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County’s school district has your number. In January, it inked a partnership with Hanover Research, a data research firm in Arlington, Va., that boils […]
State Department of Education launches ‘I Got Vaxxed’ campaign
MORGANTOWN — Amazing how much enthusiasm an adhesive bandage can generate. That’s why that grin kept breaking out under Sam Watson’s facemask, as he kept his eyes […]