by Steven Roberts The intolerance impulse from the left is as odious as it is from the right. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies are wrong […]
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Morgantown’s oldest book club doesn’t talk about books
A book club that doesn’t talk about books. The thought may seem strange, but the ladies of the Ingleside Book Club, Morgantown’s oldest book club, have 100 […]
MCHD WIC book vending machine
Holding her nearly 2-year-old son, Orion, Amy Gibb allows him to place a token in the slot of the new book vending machine at Monongalia County Health […]
Is this the end of classroom libraries?
Schools must now contend with the practical effects of one of the Legislature’s many culture war bills. This one, Senate Bill 704, requires educators to provide a […]
Local children’s authors share books on free channel
Read Aloud Monongalia County has joined with West Virginia children’s authors Marc Harshman and Anna Smucker to make two of their books available free of charge. As […]
Does it really matter if kids refuse to pick up a book?
by Robin Abcarian I remember the magnificent moment I realized my niece could read. She was 6, and had come for the weekend. It was bedtime and […]
Council presented with update from librarians
KINGWOOD — Members of Kingwood City Council received an update from city librarians Camille Titchenell and Rhonda Taylor Tuesday. “I’ve been employed at the library for 27 […]
‘One book at a time’: High school literacy advocates want to tell a global story
MORGANTOWN — The book-loving members of The Literary Society are old souls, even if most of them are just 16 or 17, tops. Those old souls are […]
Appalachian authors team up for short fiction collaboration
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Two Appalachian authors, Larry D. Thacker, of Kentucky, and C.M. Chapman, of Morgantown, have combined their writing efforts for a new short-fiction collaboration, “Everyday, Monsters,” to […]
Power of the Purse raises money for children’s books
The 2021 Power of the Purse fundraiser was the third-and-most-successful one yet. As with most other events in 2020, COVID-19 cancelled the fundraiser, but more than 200 […]
