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Preston BOE adjusts budget for pandemic needs

This is one in a series of articles to mark Sunshine Week, which is a national initiative to educate the public about the importance of open government. KINGWOOD -- On Feb. 19, the Preston County Board of Education voted unanimously to return students to a four-day-a-week instructional ...

Mon Schools continue to deal with COVID while looking ahead to commencement

COVID-19 continued to flit around Monongalia County’s school district over the weekend – with two positive cases necessitating additional quarantines among other students who may have come into contact with the virus. Six students from Morgantown High are now isolating after a student ...

One Year of COVID-19

When March began in 2020, we were all going about our business as usual. Waiting for tables in crowded restaurants, attending concerts, sitting shoulder to shoulder in movie theaters, heading into the office every day, ushering children off to school. Very few of us had ever worn a face ...

Open your math circle with Pi Day today

The late Larry Shaw didn’t necessarily look like a physicist. Not with that mane of Viking-red locks unfurling past his shoulders like that. Not with that Allen Ginsberg beard and goofy, wide-open smile that appeared to show all 32 teeth. Except, maybe he did. Look like a guy ...

Skyview’s Sylvester named state Vice Principal of the Year

You remember. Back when you were in school, if the vice principal called your house, you knew you were in TROUBLE. All caps. At Skyview Elementary School, and especially during these pandemic days, such calls from Vice Principal Stacey Sylvester are commonplace. They’re ...