Monongalia County school buses will again be on the road three weeks from now. The first day of school for the district is Aug. 20, when around […]
Education
Arts commission in Fairmont celebrates its 40th anniversary Saturday
FAIRMONT – On a rainy afternoon 11 years ago in the band room at University High School … Neil King was bopping for all he was worth. […]
More and more women pilots enrolled in Fairmont State aviation programs
FAIRMONT — In skies achingly clear over north-central West Virginia 30 years ago, the late Rose Cousins, by all airborne accounts, was a woman content. During those […]
Marion County educator among state Teacher of the Year nominees
FAIRMONT — Salad bar of the future? That’s the hope of Marion County educator Krista Blankenship, who was recently named a West Virginia state teacher of the […]
West Virginia Department of Health highlights importance of back-to-school immunizations
As the new school year approaches, the West Virginia Department of Health (DH) underscores the importance of ensuring students are up to date on their immunizations. Vaccines […]
WVJC students among recent graduates
Career-training institutions West Virginia Junior College (WVJC), East Ohio College (EOC), United Career Institute (UCI) and Boardman Training Center (BTC) hosted their inaugural combined graduation ceremony earlier […]
Mon students do better than W.Va. and the world in AP test scores
Monongalia County students taking Advanced Placement courses this past year outpaced their peers across West Virginia and around the world, Courtney Crawford told Board of Education members […]
Preston BOE debates putting levy on November ballot
Members of the Preston County Board of Education voted 3-1 to place the excess levy on the General Election ballot in November. The levy was defeated during […]
West Virginia schools get bad report card from WalletHub
Mountaineers, by literal definition, have to keep climbing. Metaphorically, though, planting a flag at the top of the peak still doesn’t guarantee against an avalanche below. That […]
Why do we care so much about automation?
Humans have tried to use tools to decrease the amount of physical labor we do for most of the time we’ve been a species on this planet. […]
