NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect that Jennifer Hagerty, a candidate for Monongalia County Board of Education, wants to see more relevant professional development opportunities for educators — […]
Monongalia County
Mon BOE: Of love songs (and levy songs, too)
Sometimes, you just have to sing your own praises. Unless you’d rather have South Middle School do it for you. Monongalia County’s Board of Education opted for the above two […]
Blaney: Mon County Clerk’s office has completed redistricting process
MORGANTOWN — Some 60,000 registered voters in Monongalia County have been checked and nearly 22,000 letters have been mailed. “We have completed our portion of the redistricting,” Monongalia County Clerk […]
Mon Commission announces recipients of $5 million in ARPA allocations
MORGANTOWN — A $3.1 million allocation to fund Mon Power electrical upgrades to the Morgantown Industrial Park is among a series of projects that will receive American Rescue Plan Act […]
All dressed up with some place to go: Prom set for Mon’s three public high schools
In spring 2020, at the height (or depth) of the pandemic, Kerrigan Hawthorne and her friends at Preston High School found themselves in Prom Purgatory. Everything in the state was […]
Star City VFD ceases ambulance service due to financial constraints
MORGANTOWN — Star City’s dedicated ambulance coverage has become the latest casualty of the funding crisis impacting emergency services across West Virginia and the country. Joe Klass, a paramedic, volunteer […]
Mon Schools: Nothing (COVID) to report — and never mind the Avalanche
Monongalia County school board members got to do something during their meeting Tuesday night that hasn’t always been possible over the past three years: They got to look ahead. With […]
Questions raised about supplemental pay for health department employees
MORGANTOWN — A $100,000 allocation made by the Monongalia County Commission in December to be distributed as one-time supplemental pay to employees of the Monongalia County Health Department has yet […]
Mon Schools: Each zero means a big leap to ‘new normal’
Donna Talerico has never been happier to see such low marks in Monongalia County’s school system. “It’s like night and day,” she said. The deputy superintendent of schools was talking […]
Mon County Tourism Fund creating ‘a problem we’ve always wanted’
MORGANTOWN — Fresh off a two-year, COVID-induced, government-sanctioned kneecapping, the tourism industry is roaring back to life in Monongalia County. Critical to that resurgence, Visit Mountaineer Country CVB Executive Director […]
