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National Youth Science Camp gathers in the W.Va. mountains for the first time since COVID

Neil Armstrong pulled off an out-of-this world feat that didn’t have a thing to do with Apollo 11. It was how he launched his personality. He managed to be unassuming — and an astronaut — all at once. And in 1964, in the mountains of Pocahontas County, he gave a talk at the National Youth Science Camp, detailing NASA’s plans to put astronauts on the moon by decade’s end. Five years later, he was the first, as a new group of campers looked up at those stars in the heavens and cheered. Science-minded high school seniors, and newly minted graduates, are again ...

Intermediate court rejects argument that Challenge Academy was at fault

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s intermediate court isn’t buying an alternative school student’s argument that he should have been better supervised when he jumped off a bunk improperly and injured himself. Jason Ryan Moorhead was appealing a lower court’s summary judgment that tossed his lawsuit against the West Virginia National Guard and the Mountaineer Challenge Academy. The Circuit Court of Preston County granted summary judgment last July to throw out the student’s lawsuit, and Moorhead was seeking a reversal. The student didn’t get that from the West Virginia ...

Pierpont college welcomes 4th president

During Pierpont Community & Technical College’s Board of Governors meeting today, Milan S. Hayward will be appointed the fourth permanent president of the institution. “We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Hayward to Pierpont as its new president,” said David Hinkle, chair of the Pierpont Board of Governors. “He brings with him a vast amount of experience and expertise that we believe will move Pierpont toward an even brighter future.” Michael Waide, provost and vice president of academics and student services echoed that sentiment. “Our Pierpont team is excited to ...

Wotring promises ‘continuity’ in Upshur’s schools

The superintendent appointed last week to take over Upshur County’s beleaguered school district told parents and others associated with the system he’ll keep both hands on the wheel — while the state steers its ongoing investigation of alleged mishandling of federal COVID relief ...

Ihlenfeld creates investigative team to review Upshur County Schools spending

WHEELING — U.S. Attorney for Northern West Virginia Bill Ihlenfeld said Friday he’s made no predetermination but he’s heard enough about how federal pandemic relief money was spent in the Upshur County school system to begin a federal investigation. Ihlenfeld said he was contacted earlier this month by state education officials who noticed red flags in their review of the spending. He has now formed an eight-member team to do an independent investigation. “I put together a team that will subpoena all of the relevant documents, that will interview witnesses, that will issue ...

Mon BOE approves STEM school contract

The Renaissance Academy, a planned $72 million facility that would be devoted solely to science, technology, engineering and math pursuits for Monongalia County students, inched another notch closer to reality Tuesday night. That was when the county board of education approved the contract ...