Mon Health System is celebrating National Nurses Week through Friday, and National Hospital Week through Saturday, with celebrations across the health system. This week is an opportunity to highlight the […]
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Board of ed discusses improvement projects
BY JENNIFER GRAHAM KINGWOOD — The Preston County Board of Education met Monday in regular session with one board member, Jeff Zigrey not present. The secure front entryway and exterior […]
Supreme Court to consider charter system
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Supreme Court justices will consider whether the state’s system of approving charter schools is constitutional. Justices will hear oral arguments at 10 a.m. today. Charter schools […]
Democracy dies when kids don’t know history, civics
The National Assessment of Educational Progress civics test scores for eighth graders for the first time have registered a decline while history scores continued their steep decline. The results for […]
The writers’ strike is partly about AI
by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers agree on one thing: Artificial intelligence is coming. At the […]
Calif. has passed 100-plus housing laws since 2016. Are they working?
by David Garcia and Bill Fulton A slew of ambitious housing legislation has emerged recently in states as varied as Maine, Utah and Washington. Many of the proposals aim to […]
Dalton hearing concludes, decision still weeks away
The Civil Service hearing for former Westover Police Lt. Aaron Dalton, which began in late February, ended Monday after a fourth day of testimony before Westover Civil Service Commissioners Justin White, […]
EPA responds to letter from WVMA and other groups about foot dragging on state oversight of carbon capture project permit applications
MORGANTOWN – The U.S. EPA recently responded to a letter from the West Virginia Manufacturers Association joined with seven other business and industry groups from five states to urge the […]
Frank Fidazzo, Todd May among fallen officers honored during ceremony by The Honor Roll
MORGANTOWN – Two fallen local law enforcement officers were among those honored Monday morning when riders from The Honor Roll made a stop at the Public Safety Building for a […]
UPDATE: Friendship Manor victim died from self-inflicted gunshot – father was a resident there
Authorities are still sorting through the circumstances that led to the suicide of a 74-year-old man Sunday evening at Friendship Manor, a facility on Van Voorhis Road that caters to […]
