The West Virginia University Community Music Program announces its 60th anniversary with several returning and new group classes and ensembles. Instruction is open to everyone — beginners, […]
Education
Mon students back in class after a wintry week of snow days
Monongalia County’s school buildings weathered the storm last week, coming through the onslaught of snow and frigid temperatures with no structural issues, the district reported. That meant […]
Senate passes school water bottle filling station bill; House adopts resolutions for member floor speeches, power grid stability
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate debated a bill on Friday to require water bottle filling stations in schools, while across the Capitol delegates wrestled with a resolution […]
Discussion highlights impact of public health decisions on private lives
MORGANTOWN — The choices being made locally by public health officials in response to COVID-19 are not taken lightly and are certainly not without consequence. That was the […]
‘Mohigan Idol’ fundraiser set for Met next month
Cue announcer: “This … is ‘Mohigan Idol.’” OK, so Ryan Seacrest won’t be on the stage of the Metropolitan Theatre next month to emcee, but the Hollywood-styled […]
‘Everyone’s a math person’: Math Field Day is next week in Mon Schools
Math Field Day is coming up for Monongalia County Schools. First, though, a run of the narrative numbers. For most of us civilians, the first wave of […]
‘They’re resilient — more so than us’
If today isn’t another snow day, Monongalia County’s sixth-graders will roll up their sleeves for their second COVID shot. “That’s if the weather cooperates,” Deputy Schools Superintendent […]
West Virginia again scores 4 Fs and a D in American Lung Association smoking report
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia once again fared poorly for its tobacco-control policies in the American Lung Association’s 2022 State of Tobacco Control report released this week. Last […]
Senate passes bill to lift nuclear power ban; House OKs bill to offer school training on eating disorders, self-harm
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate on Tuesday approved its bill to end the ban on nuclear power plants. The House of Delegates unanimously approved a bill aiming […]
Mon Schools’ vax clinics are ‘keeping COVID at the door,’ district says
The way Donna Talerico sees it, you don’t stop shoring up the perimeter — even though the perimeter has been breached more than once. And you don’t […]
