Five students from the Monongalia County Technical Education Center pursuing careers in nursing and healthcare administration can now count themselves among the country’s best. Madison Moon, Kendall […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
West Virginia state park has July 4 history, too
In Pocahontas County on this day 95 years ago, Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park was dedicated. Which was an appropriate date, as many will say. That’s because […]
Mon BOE welcomes Smith and Morgan; elects Kelly president
Mike Kelly said he’ll keep both hands on the wheel as he begins his two-year term as president of the Monongalia County Board of Election. Kelly, who […]
Beer and bullets: Fairmont State student worries about the other side of Campus Carry law
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 […]
(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 […]