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 ...
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 ...
Students learn how West Virginia’s government works Preston County students and teachers from Terra Alta/East Preston, Aurora, West Preston and South Preston returned from a three-day learning experience in Charleston with the Youth Leadership Association’s 8th Grade Youth & ...
Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia Inc. (YCF) awarded 106 scholarships totaling $293,900 for the 2024-2025 academic year. Applications were evaluated by scholarship committees with over 100 volunteers from across north-central West Virginia. YCF currently manages over 40 scholarship funds. New scholarship endowments may be established with a minimum donation of $20,000, which donors may pledge over three years. The principal is invested, and the earnings provide scholarship dollars — forever. Donors may suggest award criteria and choose a ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON — The state Higher Education Policy Commission approved a doubling of the maximum award for the West Virginia Higher Education Grant at the commission’s meeting Friday held in South Charleston. The maximum award for the needs-based grant goes from $3,400 to $6,800. State Higher Education Chancellor Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker said the increase was made possible by Gov. Jim Justice proposing and the legislature allocating an additional $40 million to the program in last month’s special session because of the failed rollout of the changes to the free federal ...
MORGANTOWN — A reconfigured plan to open a charter school in the former Monongalia County Schools central office building at 13 South High Street will soon be before the Morgantown Planning Commission. Abdul Tarabishy is one three individuals who make up AST Morgantown Properties, the ...
