My grandfather died of neck cancer about five years ago. Cancer has always been this invisible enemy that has haunted me and so many people I know. […]
Education
Days of future past: Suncrest Middle students 7th-best in the world in speculative problem-solving competition
MORGANTOWN — What were you thinking about when you were 12 years old? Consider these brow-furrowers, taken on by a quartet of students from Suncrest Middle School, […]
House approves health board oversight bill, others during Friday session
CHARLESTON — Here is a look at some other House floor action from Friday. — SB 3033, the Congressional district bill. The House passed it Thursday and […]
Mon Schools nursing director wins state award for service
MORGANTOWN — Last spring, when Monongalia County Schools rolled out the first COVID vaccines for students 12-15 years of age, that event, in many ways, was like […]
Keeping an even keel: Mon Schools working to maintain in the pandemic
There was the little girl who broke into tears at school one day. She was convinced her grandmother, who was coughing and sniffling with a (medically diagnosed) […]
Governor adds bill to special session allowing for COVID vaccine exemptions, forbidding school COVID vaccine mandates
CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice added a COVID-19 vaccine exemption bill to the special session call Wednesday that has generated opposition from the medical and business communities. […]
Mon Schools superintendent: TikTok can’t keep you out of trouble
These days, Eddie Campbell Jr. makes his living as superintendent of Monongalia County Schools. He was a high school principal before that. During Tuesday night’s meeting of […]
Senate takes up bill tweaking county veto power over health boards; defeats amendment giving school boards veto power
CHARLESTON – A bill tweaking county commission veto power over local health board rules generated extensive debate Tuesday over a proposal to also give county education boards […]
Aurora School doing well, parent upset at police interaction
KINGWOOD — This year, Aurora School is working to continue the great work that has already been done. That’s what principal Mandy White told the Preston County […]
Mon schools superintendent: Declining COVID numbers in local district reflect state trend of the same
MORGANTOWN — Eddie Campbell Jr. notched a pandemic first Monday afternoon. That was when the Monongalia County school superintendent confessed he’s actually rooting for all zeros on […]
