Mountaineers, by literal definition, have to keep climbing. Metaphorically, however, planting the flag in triumph at the peak can sometimes be akin to setting off an avalanche below. Translation: Don’t get too comfortable — because there’s always going to be something. Two ...
The way to a student’s heart is through his backpack. The way to his heart is knowing someone in the school system cares, really cares, about him and his family. That’s the philosophy of Donna Talerico, the deputy superintendent of Monongalia County’s school district — and ...
Live from Sabraton … it’s the Monongalia County Board of Education. As of Friday. When the BOE convenes that day for a noon meeting to discuss a North Elementary School renovation project, it will be at its new digs on 1751 Earl L. Core Road, in a building that once housed the ...
As the towers were tumbling, Amber Nichols’ phone was ringing. It was her mother on the line. “Honey, do you know what’s going on?” “No — what’s going on?” There was a lot of geography between Nichols and her hometown of West Union in Doddridge County that ...
Strawberry feet, forever. Now’s the time to start thinking about lacing up your running shoes and recalibrating the stopwatch setting on your phone. That’s because the Mohigan Strawberry 5K is lapping back around next month. The footrace and walk annually races money for academic programs at Morgantown High School, through the school’s MHS Foundation. It’s a tie-in with the foundation’s yearly strawberry sale, a signature fundraiser. Participants will hit their marks Aug. 13 on the Caperton Trail at the Wharf District. Start and finish is at the back of the ...
Call Wednesday just another day at the office — in the unprecedented life of the West Virginia Academy. Classrooms have been renovated, furnishings are being delivered and work is being completed on the playground, in preparation of the first day of school next month. What makes it ...
