Don’t know what to get the Monongalia County Board of Education for Christmas this year? Additional classrooms at Ridgedale Elementary School would do just fine, thank you. […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Harless McCombs, super fan, sees 200th straight Mountaineers game
Harless McCombs, the super fan of WVU football, isn’t all that alarmed about this just-completed season. “Alarm,” is a word the first responder handles gently. He doesn’t […]
Army veteran talks rebuilding vintage military vehicles
It’s almost as if that old engine was saying, “Sir, yes, sir!” All Charlie McEwuen had to do was crank it a couple of times. Then the […]
Shea Campbell plays last game as a Mountaineer today against TCU
Shea Campbell, the tenacious WVU linebacker who plays his last game as a Mountaineer today against TCU, never did say if he actually liked the movie. “Hey, […]
Healthy Smiles
Health dept. offers free dental care for adults on Healthy Smiles Day Nothing takes root in the lexicon of human communication like a thumbs up and (sort […]
Coming Together
Senior Monongalians hosts annual Thanksgiving luncheon Amazing grace, how sweet the sound. That hymn rode in on a band of dulcimers Tuesday morning at Senior Monongalians. It […]
Paul McCatney and friends find families at Homeward Bound adoption event
All afternoon, Alfie did this. It was a game of feline peek-a-boo Sunday that would have made even the most anti- of the anti-cat contingent reach for […]
Gentleman Jeffery
Pooler will shake your hand, but may not speak to you Little acts of amazing grace are like that. They happen, then they’re gone. Like the time […]
Mon County BOE talks charter school proposal
What can a charter school do that isn’t already being done in public schools across Monongalia County? That’s the homework assignment from the county Board of Education […]
Remembering, with resolve: Community recalls 1968 Farmington mine disaster
MANNINGTON — Chris Varner held close his 2-year daughter, Braelynn, as he looked at the monument etched with 78 names. “They didn’t have to die,” he said. […]