Campus Carry may be back before the Legislature. Four bills allowing people with concealed carry permits to carry on higher education campuses have been introduced this session, […]
Education
Senate Finance OKs Hope Scholarship bill, nixes four proposed amendments
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Finance Committee gave the expected OK to the Hope Scholarship bill Thursday afternoon and sent it to the Senate floor. Along the way, […]
WVU using questionnaire to gauge student interest in COVID-19 vaccine
West Virginia University is using a questionnaire to gauge student interest in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine should it become available to them. Students have until 5 p.m. […]
More COVID in Mon classrooms; state board approves facilities plan amendment
It’s not all COVID-19 all the time in the Monongalia County school district. Except when it is. Three classrooms are now in quarantine at Mountainview Elementary after […]
Senate Education approves Hope Scholarship bill after long meeting
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Education Committee spent a bit more than two hours Tuesday mulling the House Hope Scholarship bills. Three proposed amendments that failed in the […]
More vaccine is on the way for Mon teachers and other school employees
If you give your time to the Monongalia County school district and still haven’t received your COVID shot, then write down these dates and roll up your […]
Aurora School talks library improvements
KINGWOOD – John Knotts, Principal of Aurora School and Krista Hayes, LSIC Chair for Aurora School of Isolation Funding brought a list of improvements they would like […]
Democratic legislators raise ideas to keep state’s youth in West Virginia
MORGANTOWN – House and Senate Democratic leaders gathered at the Capitol Monday morning to talk about some of their ideas to keep West Virginia’s youth in the […]
More COVID at MHS on the day Mon’s high-schoolers return for in-person classes
Another sports team at Morgantown High School has been sidelined to COVID-19, the district announced Monday. That was after two players on the boys lacrosse team tested […]
Sen. Beach protests House bill to merge Pierpont College back into Fairmont State; resolution marks Pierpont Day
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate proclaimed Monday as Pierpont Community and Technical College Day at the Legislature. Sen. Bob Beach, D-Monongalia, who sponsored the resolution to make […]
