Preston: Always call 911 when dealing with medical issues A heart attack, a burglar in your home, a flaming turkey in the oven. The commonality between those incidents is who […]
Education
Preston County Schools ponders truancy problem
KINGWOOD — As Preston County Schools struggles to improve attendance rates, board members have inquired about truancy enforcement in the courts. West Virginia law lays out the options open to […]
State BOE reconsiders graduation requirements
It’s been 18 years since Sept. 11, 2001, the day terror called on America. For a trio of social studies teachers at Westwood Middle School, that anniversary posed an academic […]
W.Va. Press Association offers scholarships
West Virginia college students are learning the West Virginia Press Association Foundation’s mission of improving the quality and future of West Virginia newspapers and the communities they serve in West […]
Year in review: From courts to classes, Preston County sees changes in 2019
KINGWOOD — Preston County saw its share of changes in 2019, ranging from the courtroom to the classroom, from the checkout counter to the water faucet. Here, in no particular […]
Year in review: 2019 brings much for Mon schools to ponder
Of charter schools, test scores and what to do when the next subdivision takes root in the attendance area. So went the life and times of the Monongalia County Board […]
WVU Medicine Volunteer Services to host Junior Volunteer Academy
WVU Medicine Volunteer Services will offer three two-week-long Junior Volunteer Academy summer camp sessions to expose students aged 14-18 to areas of medicine and health professions. Volunteer Services will accept […]
ROTC Cadets commissioned as second lieutenants during ceremony
Ahead of today’s December commencement at the WVU Coliseum, three West Virginia University Army ROTC Mountaineer Battalion Cadets were commissioned as second lieutenants during the Annual Fall Commissioning Ceremony Friday […]
Ridgedale Elementary funding request denied
The state School Building Authority played Grinch to the Monongalia County Board of Education’s Christmas on Tuesday. That was when the SBA denied the BOE’s request to help fund a […]
Letters to Santa 2019
Every year, The Dominion Post sends requests to schools across the region for children to write letters to Santa. We chose a selection of letters to run in the print […]
