High school sports teams, more often than not, are synonymous with memorable mascots. Such as the Rhinelander High Hodags, in Wisconsin. (You know: The Hodag. That fearsome, […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Village Caregiving of Morgantown: Five years of supporting elderly clients and helping families ‘keep your heart at home’
Toni McNett became a caregiver as a kid back home in Greensboro, Pa., even if she didn’t necessarily realize it at the time. It’s just that her […]
Former AFT-WV leader: Education in state and nation ‘concerning’ right now
For the first time in decades, Fred Albert won’t be part of the West Virginia Legislative session in an elected capacity. That doesn’t mean, though, that the […]
Autumn Lockwood: From super success in Morgantown — to the Super Bowl in New Orleans
Autumn Lockwood, it can be said, is never one to metaphorically stand on the sidelines. However, she was physically standing in such confines, on a pretty big […]
West Virginia becomes super-attraction, during Super Bowl
The way Bill Danoff remembers it, the concrete in the space they were using for a dressing room wasn’t entirely dry that day, the surroundings were so […]
Pizzas and hugs: Frank Fumich doing what he can in aftermath of D.C. plane-copter crash
You send over a bunch of pizzas. You cater lunch. You show up to let people know you’re there, if they want to talk. Sometimes, you even […]
Bouncing along, with coping skills: Mon Schools to launch emotional learning workshops for its teachers this summer
Think back. Growing up, were you an egg, or a ball? Did you crack under pressure? Or, did you roll yourself back to a true trajectory, after […]
Mountain State scores in reading and math are getting better, national study shows
Call it a post-COVID push of the good kind. West Virginia’s fourth- and eighth-graders in 2024 continued to inch steady improvements in reading and math scores, despite […]
Mon Schools’ director of federal funding: ‘We’re just gonna have to wait — and see what happens’
Joyce Walker Bennett wanted to do something special when she retired in 2021 from Monongalia County Schools. Bennett spent 25 years as a social worker with the […]
Charge against Natalie Webb dismissed: School district fired North Elementary principal 2 years ago, saying she failed to report incident of abuse in a timely manner
A misdemeanor charge that led to the firing of a North Elementary School principal two years ago was dismissed last week in Monongalia County Circuit Court. “I […]
