The Academic Showdown will soon be upon the intellectual terrain in West Virginia. That’s the name of the cerebral competition fronted by the state Department of Education. […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Life, without a helmet: Former MHS teacher Tony Zack, whose combat experience inspired a Hollywood movie, starred in real life after the war
Tony Zack never lost his head on the battlefield that day, even as an enemy bullet pierced his helmet – only to ricochet around, in a relatively […]
Mon Schools, 2023: Special-ed discipline woes and a ‘Renaissance’ in STEM education
Monongalia County Schools went into the year talking about buildings and will close out the year – talking about buildings. Several facilities in the district sustained damage […]
Area food bank gets a bowl win, also
Don’t hold the mayo at Pantry Plus More. Pantry Plus More is the food bank in Westover that got to spread out, as it were, with some […]
Driving ambition: Morgantown’s Tony Palmer now a NASCAR chief engineer
The ink was barely dry on his WVU diploma when Tony Palmer floored it for Charlotte on that June day 14 years ago. Well, for the record, […]
Mon BOE: Renaissance Academy would ‘give our kids a chance to dream’
If you want to soup up the ride, you have to pay for the parts. That’s essentially what Monongalia County Board of Education members were saying last […]
Get your motor running for a return to the Coal Bucket Saloon on New Year’s Eve
For 15 years, the MountainFest Motorcycle Rally at Mylan Park was hallowed ground for the get-yer-motor runnin’, four-stroke, air-cooled, V-Twin, teardrop tank, two-wheeled, acolytes of the open […]
Ophthalmologist Raju has his eyes on the prize — as in providing vision care for as many people as he can — in 2024
If you ever plan on spending a morning with Dr. V.K. Raju, you’d better be prepared for a case of blurred vision. That’s because the ophthalmologist is […]
Rotary around the Christmas tree: Mason Dixon fifth-graders get into the giving of the season
As much as Alicia Mock didn’t want to admit it – and she said it with a chuckle – the vote wasn’t unanimous. Not in the beginning, […]
GameChanger drug prevention program produces critically acclaimed documentary
When Morgantown businessman Joe Boczek founded GameChanger in 2017, he wasn’t thinking about film critics. He was focused more on the scourge of drug abuse in West […]
