FAIRMONT – It’s the last part of Gov. Jim Justice’s earlier quote that was giving graduate student Taylor Tennant pause Monday on the campus of Fairmont State […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
(Return) road trip: MountainFest is coming back to Morgantown this week
Hear that? Thunder, off in the distance — and Mother Nature doesn’t have a thing to do with it. It’s MountainFest, throttling its way back to Morgantown. […]
West Virginia cryptids spotted in Wisconsin
Mothman and the Flatwoods Monster sure do get around. West Virginia’s two most-famous cryptids are currently enjoying renewed interest at their second home these days, in fact. […]
Run for the school building: An Avalanche (the summer kind) is coming
The musical intricacies of clawhammer banjo. Minecraft, as it applies to life-lessons in empathy, science and more. An interactive history of the Summer Olympic Games. This isn’t […]
School’s out: Nancy Walker ends 28-year tenure on Mon BOE
This coming Monday will be one of those “make a note of it” days for the Monongalia County Board of Education. When the board meets that evening […]
A history of Black coal miners in W.Va. is worth digging into, museum says
In West Virginia, where the Appalachian storytelling tradition still hangs in the hollows and along the ridgetops like a whisper of morning fog, it’s not just the […]
Robot road trip: Fairmont State ‘Falcotronix’ team programming success
FAIRMONT — An outlay of $2,000 will take you places when your robot is planning the road trip. That’s how much money Falcotronix, the robotics club of […]
Birthday with a purpose: Governor’s Schools ongoing for state’s 161st
Thursday was West Virginia Day and Dustin Lambert was spending the morning of it on Interstate 77. He was motoring from Charleston, the Mountain State’s capital city, […]
Running hot and cold: Pros offer tips on how to (medically) deal with the heat wave
Say you’re older and walking the rail-trail for fitness. Or you’re a teenaged entrepreneur, mowing lawns for spending money. You’re out there, soldiering on and in the […]
Mon Head Start garners $1.8M outlay from Health and Human Services
Monongalia County Schools just got another boost — for the booster seat crowd. The district’s Head Start and Early Start programs last week received $1.8 million in […]