If you want to celebrate an evening in Tuscany, you won’t have to wait to book your flight. You won’t even need a passport — but if […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Hail, hail, Johnnie Johnson: Chuck Berry collaborator was from Fairmont
FAIRMONT — If it hadn’t been for the movie, “Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Johnnie Johnson likely would have ended his days unheralded in St. Louis, a […]
Hot property (again): Fairmont’s iconic ‘Lava House’ is back on the market
FAIRMONT — It was 1966 when the first of the fully laden dump trucks began rumbling down from Pittsburgh on those pre-interstate roads. And Carol McWilliams couldn’t […]
Education officials worry HB 4299 might be unloading additional conflicts in school safety
Is House Bill 4299 a loaded gun — unto itself? That’s what the leaders of West Virginia’s two unions for teachers and others who work in school […]
Kindergarten registration going on now for Mon Schools: District recognized nationally for its work in early education
Kindergarten registration is happening now for Monongalia County Schools, and parents and other caregivers registering the children in their households will receive preferential placement — if they […]
Ukrainian Community of Morgantown plans events to mark anniversary of invasion
A group of area musicians are taking up the Ukrainian cause with guitars and amplifiers this evening in Morgantown. The “Free Ukraine” concert begins at 6 p.m. […]
Patty Cress: Special deliveries, every day, for the Morgantown mail carrier
Neither rain nor snow — nor the occasional school pageant or PTA meeting — could keep Patty Cress away from her appointed rounds as a Morgantown mail […]
Renaissance road trip: Mon teachers, administrators travel to Va. to tour the STEM school that is inspiring the proposed one here
LEESBURG, Va. — One student smiled and nodded hello to the tour group as she entered a glass-walled laboratory-styled space and began poring over a collection of […]
Tuskegee Airman Roberts worked just as hard waging peace
FAIRMONT — You never leave a wounded bird up there, on its own. That’s what they called them, the shot-up B-17s and B-24s, crippled by the German […]
Make a date for the ‘Wine & Shine’ Festival Saturday
With Valentine’s Day 2024 now on the books, let’s just say that – well – it could have gone better. The store-bought bouquet was hardly vase-worthy. And […]