Natalie Webb, the North Elementary School principal who for months has been at the center of an investigation alleging the physical abuse of special-needs students at the […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
New American Legion commander: Family helping family is the mission
Mission … continued. That’s the word from the newest commander of the West Virginia American Legion, who said Monday he won’t break ranks in his advocacy of […]
Mon’s Head Start and Early Head Start receive $1.6 million from feds
Debbie Jones hit the post-vacation lottery of sorts, last week. Jones, who directs Head Start and Early Head Start programs for Monongalia County Schools, returned from a […]
Raju and Rao: Shared hometown, shared vision
Consider the population of West Virginia, which currently comes in at roughly 1.7 million, including an unincorporated town or two. Consider everyone you know in that breakdown. […]
WVU professor and Ukraine native launches ‘Laptops for Learning’ campaign for schoolchildren back home
The young ones always manage to smile for the cellphone snaps in their elementary school classrooms back home. Compelling visuals, they are – and Valerya Gritsenko finds […]
Mon teachers get checked out on the latest computer technology
Back in the pandemic days, more than one Monongalia County educator had to be gently talked into using technology – really using technology – for remote classroom […]
Johnnie Johnson music festival is Saturday in Fairmont: Area musician was Chuck Berry’s collaborator for years
FAIRMONT – Go, Johnnie, go. Johnnie Johnson, the boogie-woogie piano player and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member from Fairmont, once told an understated story about […]
‘Summer Avalanche’ learning camps rumble into Mon’s schools today
Some 1,800 students from schools across Monongalia County start going downhill today – so they’ll be better able to hit new learning elevations, come fall. Today is […]
Meet John Kelly: The man who lived to tell about it
George Washington, by all accounts, was considered a brilliant tactician on the battlefield. Even if he was out-thought, and out-fought, by the British that day near Philadelphia. […]
Recent MHS grad Rania Zuri is now royality (officially) in the book world
It didn’t take Rania Zuri long to become royalty in the world of books, libraries and authors. Last week, the 2023 graduate of Morgantown High School was […]
