Justin Braun is a wrench-turner from way back, even if he is still just a junior at Trinity Christian School. He’s car-crazy, and wants to major in […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
While youngsters are kicking off the new school year, teachers are preparing to make learning fun
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Math teachers can factor in a sense of humor, too. That’s why Amanda Cosner, an academic coach at Brookhaven Elementary School who teaches that […]
Mon County students head back to school
Just like that, those Bluebird buses are back on the road this morning in Monongalia County. Today is the first day of school in Mon — and […]
WVU professor analyzes seasonal shifts in Appalachian region
The professor’s smartphone got the last word the other day. “How’s that for timing?” asked Nicolas Zegre, a forester who directs the Mountain Hydrology Laboratory at West […]
Former dean of WVU journalism passes away
Christine “Chris” Martin, the former WVU journalism dean who turned Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters and war correspondents into professors at her school, has died. The Reed College of […]
Comcast program Internet Essentials opens to low-income households
No one has actually referred to the Internet as “the Information Superhighway,” since the late 1990s, or thereabouts. Even so, the resource and its digital environs is […]
One foot in front of the other, for Special Olympics
Kristian Rowan moved a lot of water last summer in Seattle. That was during the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games – where the swimmer from Monongalia struck […]
Specialized seminars help train counselors to help students prepare for life
Educators from across West Virginia were talking about school capacity Thursday in Morgantown. Just not the infrastructure kind. The discourse didn’t have a thing to do with […]
Local Boy Scouts recount Jamboree experiences prior to week-long get-together
GLEN DALE, W.Va. — Boy Scouts these days can earn a merit badge for designing apps for smartphones — but Nathaniel Selfridge, Patrick Ryan and J.J. Reese […]
Kurt Shaw’s journey into antique appraisal started with him getting ripped off
How much is this stuff actually worth? The family wanted to know. They were curious, not crass. Because Kurt Shaw’s grandmother had a lot of stuff. And […]
