MORGANTOWN – Alex, an outwardly genial 66-year-old, was reclining on an exam table one morning, politely trying to answer every medical query tossed his way. “What brings you in today, […]
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High school, and all that jazz: Herbie Hancock Institute coming to Mon County Schools
MORGANTOWN – Eight bars in, and the band gets the groove. “Blues by Five” was the tune. Miles Davis. A hard-bopping workout, it was. And just out-of-kilter enough to make […]
Mon education levy on the primary ballot: ‘For our kiddos’
MORGANTOWN – Early voting begins Wednesday for the May primary in Monongalia County, and one group of proponents is hoping you’ll school yourself on a very specific measure on the […]
Mon BOE: Of Chromebooks, the levy and students earning top trophies
MORGANTOWN – Tuesday’s session of the Monongalia County Board of Education was the kind of gathering current BOE President Mike Kelly loves, he said. “My favorite part of the meeting […]
Mon Schools to hit the trail next month in Sabraton
MORGANTOWN – There’s nothing like a multiple-choice test. Which is why you’ll want to lace up your running shoes. Or, you’re walking shoes, depending upon your recreation of choice. Make […]
Education levy backers pushing for affirmative vote in May
MORGANTOWN – Monongalia County Board of Education members were the choir Frank Vitale was preaching to earlier this week. By the time he’s done, he said, he wants all of […]
Mon Schools to talk education levy on Thursday
MORGANTOWN – The marketing of the excess levy for Monongalia County Schools begins in earnest Thursday evening. The district’s levy committee, which is a coalition of parents, educators and business […]
Registration now on for Summer Avalanche
MORGANTOWN – With all this winter weather of late, can an avalanche be far behind? One is brewing, in fact, and Monongalia County Schools couldn’t be happier. Registration kicked off […]
Extreme weather isn’t affecting last day of school in Mon (so far)
MORGANTOWN – Don’t worry about it, Fern. As in the last day of school in Monongalia County this term, Eddie Campbell Jr. said Thursday. “Fern” is the name of the […]
Mon’s top spellers sound it out during 2026 Bee
SABRATON – They got into a war of words Wednesday in Monongalia County Schools – but it wasn’t a bad thing. In fact, academically speaking, it was a good thing. […]














