The West Virginia Botanic Garden (WVBG) saw a range of updates and new additions in 2023, from boardwalks to marvels of stonemasonry, and looks ahead to a new year of exciting plans. The WVBG is a nonprofit 82-acre botanic garden located at Tibbs Run Preserve, the former site of the Tibbs ...
The first speaker at a public hearing on opening West Virginia’s obscenity laws to prosecution of library representatives read right away from a book describing oral sex, and that set a tone for the House Chamber discussion of what is or isn’t appropriate material. “This is for our 12, 13 and 14-year old children in our middle schools,” said speaker Elisa Payne. “Our society is morally bankrupt if we allow children access to this obscenity in our schools. We are not banning or burning; we are protecting.” The public hearing in the House of Delegates was occurring ...
Junius Lewis was taking those auditorium steps three at a time as he strode through an audience of appreciative students Wednesday morning at South Middle School. “Hold up, hold up,” the Morgantown minister and former WVU star called over the happy din, as he carried a cordless ...
MORGANTOWN — It was an uphill climb to be sure, but the Chestnut Ridge Park tubing hill opened to the public for the first time this past weekend. By all accounts, it was a hit. Monongalia County Director of Parks and Recreation J.R. Petsko said a total of 270 people ...
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Science Fair for students in grades 5 and 7 and high school was held recently at the Kingwood Community Building. Jennifer Spiker, a teacher at Preston High School, said each student chose his or her own project from a variety of categories. There were three divisions and 80 projects on display to be judged. Debra Zigray, a 4th grade teacher at Kingwood Elementary School and science fair coordinator, also oversees the Social Studies Fair and Math Field Day. Winners in Division I Animal Science: First place — Scarlett Hayes, Which Dog ...
Mountain Line General Manager Maria Smith said public transit numbers are rebounding nationally post-COVID, but the comeback is going to take some time. For the five years prior to COVID — 2015 to 2019 — Mountain Line averaged 991,544 total riders annually. Then came the ...
