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Robot road trip: Fairmont State ‘Falcotronix’ team programming success

FAIRMONT — An outlay of $2,000 will take you places when your robot is planning the road trip. That’s how much money Falcotronix, the robotics club of Fairmont State University, received this week from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium. The club will use the grant to fund future trips to regional and national competitions in coming months, its president Arrington Bucklew said. “Falcotronix has had its fair share of competitions and events,” said Bucklew, a senior majoring in electronics engineering technology. This spring the club and its programmable ...

Birthday with a purpose: Governor’s Schools ongoing for state’s 161st

Thursday was West Virginia Day and Dustin Lambert was spending the morning of it on Interstate 77. He was motoring from Charleston, the Mountain State’s capital city, to Wheeling, which was assigned that designation in the days after West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, ...

Youth center aiming to become micro school

REEDSVILLE — A youth center in Preston County is growing and has plans to become a micro school. Located in Valley Industrial Park, the Preston County Youth Center (PCYC) in Masontown, is a multi-use facility providing the youth a place to participant in sports and other ...

Mon Head Start garners $1.8M outlay from Health and Human Services

Monongalia County Schools just got another boost — for the booster seat crowd. The district’s Head Start and Early Start programs last week received $1.8 million in federal monies from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It’s all part of the annual outlay that keeps ...

Getting wild on campus at Fairmont State

FAIRMONT — That turtle ambling along at Fairmont State University the other day didn’t realize he was officially certified. Falcon Park, an outdoor expanse which sprouted at the school from the pandemic in 2020, was recognized this week by the National Wildlife Federation. The organization that champions natural resources named the park a Certified Wildlife Habitat for its mission of providing a haven for birds, butterflies, turtles and other species — all within the confines of the campus on Locust Avenue. “It is amazing that when you’re in the park, you don’t feel ...