Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — In a recent special meeting, the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission voted to extend the deadline for high school seniors to apply for the Promise Scholarship until July 1. Because of challenges stemming from the COVID-19 ...
When I was nine years old, I asked my mother and older brother how people knew so much about the anatomy of the eyes and ears of humans. My mom didn’t want to tell me because she thought the answer would upset me. “Curiosity killed the cat,” my brother warned me. But my curiosity was ...
by Delegates Joey Garcia and John Williams As we hope for a renewed sense of normalcy in the Spring of Year 2 A.C. (After Covid), the enduring sport of baseball comes to mind. To attract young talent and convince our next generation to stay, rebuild, and succeed in West Virginia, we ...
Thursday’s positive COVID diagnosis of a Mountaineer Middle student may have given the school a pandemic designation Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. was hoping to avoid. “It looks like we’re probably going to have to label this as our first classroom-to-classroom transmission in ...
As Gov. Jim Justice promotes his income tax cut proposal, he touts eliminating the tax as this great thing that will bring thousands of new people to West Virginia. But he fails to account for the myriad factors that drive current and potential residents out of the state. Like the newly ...
MORGANTOWN – The bill spelling out penalties for teachers and school personnel who go on strike has become law, but without the governor's endorsement. SB 11 passed the Senate by a 21-12 vote Feb. 22, and passed the House 53-46 March 2. After some amendment adjustments, it completed its ...