Traditionally, more than half of Monongalia County’s high school seniors go on to college after graduation. In a place on the map where a low college-going rate is also a tradition, that’s a given — in that Mon boasts one of the higher-performing public districts in West Virginia, ...
MORGANTOWN — The House Judiciary Committee's Wednesday morning public hearing on the campus carry bill drew 40 people; 38 of whom opposed it. Most of the opponents to SB 10 were university students, faculty and administrators. Mary Ellen O'Farrell, speaking on her own behalf, summed ...
The collapse of a fully occupied condominium in Florida two years ago. The major earthquake that shook parts of Syria and Turkey two weeks ago. No matter how coordinated rescue efforts are at such disaster sites, there’s still lot of chaos involved, as volunteers literally dig through rubble with their hands in the desperate search for survivors. Two Morgantown high school students want to mechanize such rescue and recovery efforts in the future — and they just got some academic and financial help from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology along the way. Anna Brusoe, ...
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate's Third Grade Success Act topped a list of education- and child-related bills passed in the Senate and House on Tuesday. SB 274 is the Success Act. Its overarching purpose is to develop a statewide, multi-tiered approach to reading and math ...
MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee quickly reviewed and passed a condensed version of a reading and math skills bill up for passage in the Senate. In the Senate, SB 274, the Third Grade Success Act, is on third reading for passage on Tuesday. A floor amendment dealing with ...
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate got a jump on the House of Delegates on Monday, unanimously adopting a resolution urging Mon Power to buy the Pleasants Power Station. A twin resolution passed out of the House Energy Committee last Thursday and has been sitting in House Rules. Senators also ...
