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Cleared for takeoff: Pierpont to construct new aviation facility

FAIRMONT — Flying is flying — no matter the scale. A budding group of pilots and aviation engineers from middle schools and high schools across West Virginia and Ohio gave loft to that notion two years ago at a drone aircraft competition in Fairmont. They whooped and yelled, as they sent the miniature flying machines through a course that included intricate mazes, tricky-to-negotiate archways and even a ping-pong ball challenge. Also in the Marion County city this week, officials from Pierpont Community and Technical College were taking off with some whooping and yelling of ...

‘Dolly Day’ makes for a good read in W.Va.

Wednesday was Dolly Day across West Virginia — and it was a real page-turner. That’s Dolly as in Dolly Parton, the country music superstar-turned advocate for the printed word. The state’s Department of Education and Board of Education hosted read-aloud events across West Virginia ...

Annual Back to School Bash Aug. 12 at Mon County Center

If you were to shimmy through Pantry Plus More’s Westover warehouse in the weeks before its annual Back to School Bash, you’d likely think the whole chaotic undertaking was headed for disaster.  Pallets and piles, boxes and bags — wall-to-wall, ceiling-to-floor with no apparent ...

National directive might threaten youth outdoor programs in W.Va. schools

BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — A guidance document from the United States Department of Education could threaten two popular youth outdoor programs in West Virginia schools. U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona moved to block funding from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to schools that offer hunter education and archery programs. Cardona’s guidance is in regard to the bi-partisan Safer Communities Act, which passed last year. The act was approved with the help of 15 Republican senators’ votes, including that of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West ...

Point Park offers assistance, expedited transfer process to AB students

PITTSBURGH — Point Park University recognizes how traumatic the closure of Alderson Broaddus University in West Virginia is for affected students, and we want you to know we are ready to assist as you consider next steps. “A lot of us have college-age children, and a member of our leadership team has a son in his senior year at ABU,” President Chris W. Brussalis said. “We have an entire team of people here who also understand the stress and anxieties that can impact college students, and we stand ready to help anyone who reaches out to us.” Classes start Aug. 28 at Point ...

Sales Tax Holiday arrives — just in time for back to school

The right school clothes are still the right school clothes. That time-honored rite of fall fashion is, in part, why U.S. families with children in elementary school to high school will spend $890, or better, on back-to-school items this year — according to projections from the National ...