RUFF CREEK, Pa. – The United Mine Workers of America Career Centers in the Greene County community of Ruff Creek, Pa., will be recruiting and training workers for a manufacturing […]
Education
Mon Schools: Direction, in diversity
If you want to know about diversity in Monongalia County Schools, you may want to look back to a sunny March afternoon more than 10 years ago. That’s when young […]
South Middle swims with the sharks at MTEC
No ‘want-preneurs’ here. Or, in other words: When life gives you glue in your hair — you make hair gel, in response. That was point of the across-the-parking-lot pitch Thursday […]
Marion County school named National Blue Ribbon School
A nice green salad to go with a blue ribbon? If you have an association with Pleasant Valley Elementary School, you can say yes to both. U.S. Secretary of Education […]
Mon BOE presents hopes and concerns to lawmakers ahead of election
Looking back, Joe Statler still can’t help but be amazed at the decided, non-reaction he got that day. When he took the shotgun to school, that is. Statler, who represents […]
Of reverse-engineering and Rice Krispies: Netflix winner to judge W.Va. culinary competition for career tech students
Last year’s winning team created a gingerbread boat (edible, save for a rudder and other necessary aquatic ingredients), which then delivered a bevy of desserts (definitely edible), by way of […]
MTEC adult learning program tops in state
Hollie McGilton never ignores a text message. Not because she’s obsessed with her cell phone, mind you. It’s because it might be from one of her students, the instructor at […]
New dean named of Fairmont State Middle College
FAIRMONT— An academic program at Fairmont State University that is the only one of its kind in the nation now has a new dean of the same. Emily Swain will […]
WVU Board of Governors hears update on presidential search: results from survey and listening sessions
MORGANTOWN — The WVU Board of Governors heard an update on the search for a new president on Friday. BOG vice-chair and Presidential Search Committee chair Patrice Harris told the […]
Grades of threat: Gov. Justice, WVU prof address worries of school violence
Gov. Jim Justice this past Friday called for the creation of a task force to address the recent threats of violence leveled at as many as 50 schools in West […]








