Big talent. Big stage. Big check. Saturday night’s “Mohigan Idol” fundraiser at the Metropolitan Theater brought in $26,000 for WVU Medicine Children’s and also kept the stars […]
Education
Senate passes slate of House bills: swatting, sour grapes candidates and more
MORGANTOWN – The Senate cruised through a slate of House bills on Monday, passing them all unanimously without debate. A couple head to the governor; others were […]
County students have stories to tell
If you can read, the old adage in education goes, you can learn. However, teachers also love saying that if you can write, you can read — […]
Center stage: Morgantown High Foundation wants to restore the school’s once-grand auditorium
As the current No. 1 high school in West Virginia — so recognized last year by U.S. News and World Report — Morgantown High School is long […]
‘Our community supports education’
Not your “grandfather’s vo-tech.” That’s how John Chadwick described the proposed Renaissance Academy to members of the Monongalia County Board of Education at a meeting last June. […]
House Judiciary advances U.S. motto, indecent exposure, sexual contact with minors, voter registration bills to House floor
MORGANTOWN – The House Judiciary Committee moved four Senate bills to the House floor on Thursday – and all are on first reading on the House floor […]
House passes education, parenting, lab meat and elections bills on Crossover Day
MORGANTOWN — Parenting, education, lab-grown meat and elections were among the bills the House of Delegates passed and sent to the Senate on Wednesday — Crossover Day, […]
UHS Percussion Ensemble to play plum gig at Music Educators conference in Charleston
The beat of acclaim goes on for University High School’s Percussion Ensemble. “They’re pretty amazing,” UHS Director of Bands Mark Palmer said of the students who make […]
Senate passes bill requiring 8th graders to watch fetal development video, ‘Meet Baby Olivia’
West Virginia senators voted to require eighth grade viewings of a specific video showing insemination and fetal development by a particular national group involved in abortion politics. […]
Senate, House move bills on sports, smoking and deep-fake porn
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate and House of Delegates plowed through long lists of bills on Tuesday, in preparation for Crossover Day on Wednesday. School sports, smoking […]
