BY JIM BISSETT JBissett@DominionPost.com Morgantown is home to an internationally known research university and a medical hub recognized for the same – meaning the city is a […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Books and basketball — not bullying — for Mon Student of the Month
No bullies on Ava Morton’s watch. Ava, an eighth-grader at Mountaineer Middle School, is known for the way she positively intervenes to quell bullying in her school […]
David Riggle: Connections key for the teacher, coach and honorary degree recipient
The look. Every teacher and coach knows the look. Well, check that. It’s not so much a “look.” It’s more like an expression, really. Joy. Relief. Maybe […]
Remembering Kim Osborne: Morgantown woman known for her generous spirit and fun-loving nature
Forget about ever having a bad day in Kim Osborne’s presence. One of her patented, droll asides would have you reduced to guffaws in about a second. […]
Military dad home from yearlong deployment surprises daughter at school
That old rule they say applies to baseball just might hold true if you’re a kid whose dad gets deployed to war zones for a living, too. […]
GOP nets state wins for ag commissioner, auditor
Kent Leonhardt, West Virginia’s incumbent Commissioner of Agriculture, defeated challenger Deborah Stiles Tuesday night. The Republican Leonhardt had amassed 485,101 votes — nearly 70% — to the […]
Marion County: Rick Garcia takes narrow victory in House
Tuesday night’s contests for the state House of Delegates in Marion and Taylor counties yielded one close contest and wins by incumbents in others. Rick Garcia, […]
‘I read it in The Dominion Post’: Wolf excited for her leadership role at paper
Candace Wolf, The Dominion Post’s new general manager, has an abiding respect for deadlines. She was making them for publication, in fact, while she still had a […]
WVU Justice for Palestine group plants compelling argument on Woodburn Circle
On a cloudy Monday morning on the downtown campus of WVU, Anna Avalon halted what had been a brisk stride carrying her across Woodburn Circle enroute to […]
Norm Julian: The Writing Life … well-lived
Norm Julian and Al Anderson would have been great in a buddy movie. Heck, the visuals alone would have gotten it. There was Al, a kinetic Black […]
