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WVU College of Creative Arts brings back Visual Arts Summer Academies

MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia University College of Creative Arts will bring back its Visual Arts Summer Academies after involuntarily losing the ability to conduct them last year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying restrictions. Two academies are set to be held ...

State Department of Education launches ‘I Got Vaxxed’ campaign

MORGANTOWN — Amazing how much enthusiasm an adhesive bandage can generate. That’s why that grin kept breaking out under Sam Watson’s facemask, as he kept his eyes fixed to one stuck to his arm. “One down,” the Suncrest Middle School eighth-grader said. And, one to go. He ...

More federal dollars for W.Va. schools

MORGANTOWN — Federally speaking, the pandemic has deep pockets. The American Rescue Fund released a final outlay to West Virginia’s school system this past week. The $254 million will be doled out to the state’s 55 school districts and will be used for programs designed to get and ...

Preston BOE announces new meeting times

KINGWOOD — The Preston County Board of Education has changed its meeting times. Meetings will now be held at 5 p.m. on  the second Monday of the month and at 10 a.m. on the fourth Monday. Both monthly meetings were previously held at 5 p.m. The 10 a.m. meeting will now have guest ...

Mon school district cuts COVID quarantine from 14 days to 10

MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County’s school district is reducing its coronavirus quarantine period from 14 days to 10, Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said Tuesday night. However, there is a contagion caveat, Campbell told Board of Education members. It’s provided, he said, that the ...