On a June afternoon three years ago at Mylan Park, the hills were alive … with the sound of toothpicks. Toothpicks in the making, anyway. It was a regional qualifying […]
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Stays and standards: Morrisey’s Hope scholarship move discussed
Call Wednesday just another day at the office — in the unprecedented life of the West Virginia Academy. Classrooms have been renovated, furnishings are being delivered and work is being […]
WVU’s Davis College hosting youngsters from Baltimore for energy camp
If you’re traveling on Interstate 79 around South Fairmont and you time it right, you’ll see it: The Katherine Johnson IV&V NASA facility, at I-79 Technology Park. A highway glimpse […]
Ukrainian Community of Morgantown set to host a benefit concert Wednesday for the war-torn country
With sunflowers and Fender Stratocaster guitars, the Ukrainian Community of Morgantown is about to get its own soundtrack. That happens Wednesday when six local bands take the stage at downtown’s […]
Boys Nation representative from Morgantown High: ‘Put yourself out there’
“Hello, Mr. President. How are you?” “I’m fine, Mr. President. And you?” Most people know of a famous photograph snapped in the summer of 1963 of a 16-year-old Bill Clinton […]
Truancy in Mon schools: Officials want to engage rather than punish
It wasn’t that long ago when students in Monongalia County’s school district were simply trying to get by in the midst of the pandemic. With COVID-19 turning traditional attendance into […]
Woody Williams honored in ceremony at U.S. Capitol: Marion County native was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II
If this had been a war movie, John Wayne would have materialized just in time and the music would have swelled. Except, it wasn’t a movie. It was a little […]
Weapon detectors reflect new reality in Mon schools
Monongalia County students attending summer school at Morgantown High are already understanding how it’s going to be in August when the fall term begins. That’s because they’re now passing through […]
School and health officials here keeping an eye on COVID, monkeypox
For Donna Talerico and Dr. Lee B. Smith, the summer of late has been an avalanche of good news — and relatively good news. Talerico serves as Monongalia County’s deputy […]
The state’s first-ever charter schools are readying for fall
During her years at Parkersburg High in Wood County’s school district, Cheryl Stahle was lauded for her work as a classroom teacher and language arts specialist. Come fall, she’ll again […]
