CHARLESTON — Twenty-eight percent of West Virginia public school students missed 18 or more days of school last year and labeled chronically absent. The numbers are part of the state […]
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Cameras going up downtown, warming shelter ‘crisis’ looming
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Manager Kim Haws said about half of the surveillance cameras purchased by the city have been installed downtown. During a Tuesday evening report to city council, […]
St. Luke: Family watching out for family
It’s the little things that mean a lot. That’s hardly a torn-at-the-edges cliché in Toni Southern’s lexicon. Which is why she can still remember that long-ago phone call, word for […]
WVU President Gordon Gee talks Academic Transformation with The Dominion Post
MORGANTOWN – WVU President Gordon Gee talked with The Dominion Post Editorial Board this week about the Academic Transformation process. Here are some of the highlights. A frequent criticism of […]
Search continues for inmate who walked off West Virginia work release
CHARLESTON — Authorities are continuing the search for an inmate who ran off from a work release detail at the Mountain State Forest Festival office in Randolph County. “We’re just […]
Morgantown- based Parthian Battery Solutions awarded NSF grant
Parthian Battery Solutions has been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant for $274,951 to conduct research and development on the most effective technologies […]
North Elementary garden teaches kids valuable lessons, far beyond simple planting
A homeschool alumna and homeschooling my child, I haven’t been often in public schools. As a teenager, I occasionally went to take standardized tests, and as an adult to do […]
BOE prez sounds off on student suspension law in state
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — State Board of Education President Paul Hardesty said he has concerns about a new law that would require school principals to suspend a student if […]
Westover hoping Holland Avenue work could begin as early as March
WESTOVER — Doug Smith told Westover City Council on Monday that he’s pushing hard to get the city’s Holland Avenue project under construction as soon as possible. “Right now, I’m […]
Emergency crews respond to 250+ calls during Backyard Brawl
Saturday’s Backyard Brawl between WVU and Pitt brought in the largest crowd seen at Milan Puskar Stadium since 2019 with the in-game attendance reaching over 61,000. With that size crowd, […]
