MORGANTOWN — When a method of doing something is proven tried and true, it’s often unquestioned. This isn’t the case for Krista Bresock, mathematics instructor and Ph.D. student at WVU. Bresock is making history by rethinking how WVU faculty teach mathematics and changing her teaching ...
MORGANTOWN — WVU’s College of Law dean encourages area residents to sit in as a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit convenes at the WVU College of Law on Tuesday. “This is an extraordinary opportunity for anyone interested in the law to see a ...
CHARLESTON — A showdown is about to start on the big education bill. The state Senate is set to receive the House’s version of the bill today. Then it has three choices: Accept the House’s changes, amend the bill or refuse to concur with the House. The most likely scenarios lead to a conference committee of senators and delegates to work out differences. And it’s anyone’s guess whether that would be successful. If the conference committee agrees, each entire house would still vote on approval. Despite significant policy differences, Senate Education Chairwoman Patricia ...
KINGWOOD — Kingwood is in the running to be a Blueprint Community. Main Street Kingwood Director Mary Hibbs and Kingwood Councilwoman Michelle Whetsell told council about the program last week. The winners will be announced March 1. Nine communities applied and up to six will be ...
KINGWOOD — People of Preston County are coming together to raise money for the families of four Preston High students involved in an accident Feb. 6. A benefit dinner and raffle will be from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. March 16 at the Bruceton Fire Hall. T-shirts and bracelets supporting the families will also be sold. The dinner will be $10 for adults and $7 for children 8 and younger. It is being organized by a group of volunteers. “We have had just a huge outpouring from the community, of people who are donating baskets, all these different things,” organizer Mandi Hall said. For ...
A raccoon killed by two dogs in the Cheat Lake area tested positive for rabies, according to the Monongalia County Health Department. The dogs are being treated, as is their owner. In a press release, the health department said the raccoon was behaving oddly when it was killed by the dogs on Feb. 7 on property on Tyrone Avery Road. Health department officials received confirmation this week, and said it is the first confirmed rabies case of 2019. The owner cleaned up her dogs, which had been vaccinated for rabies, and bagged up the raccoon and took it to the Monongalia County Canine ...
