As the old “Saturday Night Live” sketch with Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken decreed, there are times in life … when you’ve just gotta have more cowbell. […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
WVU hosts State of Diversity address to kick off Diversity Week
Implicit bias, the act of casting racial dispersions on people whether you realize it or not, is hardly black and white. That’s why Meshea Poore was an […]
Doing the Deckers Dash: 5K raises money for FODC
Too bad Stokey wasn’t stoked about the yoga. He would have owned Downward-facing Dog. But that didn’t mean, however, that the Old English Shepherd wasn’t friendly, on […]
Local stories from the heated lines of the 9/11 attacks
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Sarah Cooke blinked twice to shake off the glare of the klieg lights, and when she looked back down, it was still there. Something […]
Grandon retiring after 21 years as Morgantown Mall general manager
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Hmm, maybe it wasn’t such a good idea staging the cow-milking contest in front of Victoria’s Secret like that. Well, yeah, Harry Grandon II […]
Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club morning, afternoon offerings back in place
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club, which was ordered to close its doors last month, is slowly rehabbing its way back to its job […]
Trinity Christian’s new class focuses on coding and robotics
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 […]
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 […]