Upshur County’s school district is inching its way back to compliance — a year after the state took over its operations following complaints that the district mismanaged federal COVID monies. During the height of the pandemic, the district had received $16 million in federal funds, ...
Collapsed lunch tables lined the cafeteria of Clay-Battelle’s freshly waxed floor in orderly aisles. The hum of fluorescent lighting buzzed ceaselessly and the expected routine of summer break and school maintenance began. But for Principal David Cottrell, there was something in the air. ...
I have known about climate change since I was very young. My parents and teachers would discuss the harmful effects of increased carbon emissions across the world: animals becoming endangered, the average temperature of the earth increasing and strange weather patterns. The heartbreaking part, though, was that these effects were caused by humans. Today, I feel lucky that I was able to, as a child, enjoy the environment before it got too warm. This aspect of the world remained an integral part of my formal (through school) and informal (through my family members and ...
FAIRMONT — It’s the last part of Gov. Jim Justice’s earlier quote that was giving graduate student Taylor Tennant pause Monday on the campus of Fairmont State University.When Justice signed the Campus Carry bill into law, he parsed it down in his trademark folksy manner.“For crying out loud, the doors are wide open,” the governor said then, of the measure that now covers every public college and university in the Mountain State.Translation: Such spaces are indeed public. Which means accessibility to any and all – including those who may have the intent to commit violence and ...
This coming Monday will be one of those “make a note of it” days for the Monongalia County Board of Education. When the board meets that evening — Nancy Walker won’t be there. Walker, whose 28 years on the board made her its longest-tenured member, announced earlier that when it ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice came to Morgantown on Monday to celebrate the achievements of two WVU astrophysicists and present them with Distinguished West Virginian awards. The honorees were Maura McLaughlin and Duncan Lorimer, wife and husband, and co-founders of WVU's Center for ...
