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No brain-drain here: Morgantown High tops state academic competition

It’s all academic for Sawyer Rudy. “Celebrating this, as we celebrate sports, brings awareness to academics,” the student at Morgantown High School said. “And,” he continued, “it encourages other students to join academic events.” Let it be known that as he was saying ...

Here’s how Preston schools get their funding

To understand why Preston County Schools is requesting a renewal of its special maintenance levy, it’s helpful to understand where county school systems get their money. The biggest part is from the state, which contributes based on the number of students enrolled in a county school ...

2023 Professor of the Year announced

The Faculty Merit Foundation announced that Professor Erin Goodykoontz, of West Virginia University, is the winner of the foundation’s 2023 Professor of the Year award. The foundation presented the award April 10, during a banquet in the Great Hall of the Culture Center in Charleston. ...

Pierpont applied design students attend decorating weekend

Students in Pierpont Community and Technical College’s applied design program recently traveled to The Greenbrier Resort to attend the 8th Annual Dorothy Draper Decorating Weekend. The event celebrates the life and legacy of late American designer Dorothy Draper. Draper is responsible for the iconic décor that fills West Virginia’s Greenbrier Resort, as well as the Carlyle Hotel and Hampshire House in New York City and the Camellia House Restaurant at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, among many others around the United States and beyond. The experience offered attendees, like ...

Gov.: No $465M ‘clawback’ of federal funds

Gov. Jim Justice said the U.S. Department of Education has approved a waiver for the state’s level of schools funding in relation to pandemic relief funds. “As I said all along, I knew this was not going to be a problem,” Justice said in a news release. “So, while we are all ...

W.Va. fourth in U.S. for pre-K education

It’s the kind of educational ranking West Virginia officials actually don’t mind reading about or talking about. That’s because the Mountain State has just placed near the top in the nation, in being able to provide pre-kindergarten education to its youngest students. West ...