Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — In a recent special meeting, the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission voted to extend the deadline for high school seniors to apply for […]
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Did curiosity kill the cat?
When I was nine years old, I asked my mother and older brother how people knew so much about the anatomy of the eyes and ears of […]
If you (re)build it, they will stay
by Delegates Joey Garcia and John Williams As we hope for a renewed sense of normalcy in the Spring of Year 2 A.C. (After Covid), the enduring […]
First student- to-student virus case
Thursday’s positive COVID diagnosis of a Mountaineer Middle student may have given the school a pandemic designation Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. was hoping to avoid. “It looks […]
Income tax cut not what current and future West Virginians want
As Gov. Jim Justice promotes his income tax cut proposal, he touts eliminating the tax as this great thing that will bring thousands of new people to […]
Teacher strike bill becomes law without governor’s signature
MORGANTOWN – The bill spelling out penalties for teachers and school personnel who go on strike has become law, but without the governor’s endorsement. SB 11 passed […]
Jumpstart Act getting some local reactions
The learning gets a little loud in Don Robinette’s classroom at the Monongalia County Technical Education Center. All those clangs, rattles and chonks, you know. That’s because […]
Open your math circle with Pi Day today
The late Larry Shaw didn’t necessarily look like a physicist. Not with that mane of Viking-red locks unfurling past his shoulders like that. Not with that Allen […]
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 […]
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 […]
