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Suncrest Middle COVID case results in quarantines for classmates
Tuesday’s positive COVID diagnosis of a Suncrest Middle School student has put an additional 14 classmates into quarantine, the district said. No other teachers or staffers were […]
Pictures of emotion: UHS art students craft watercolor cards to nursing facility residents
Remember your first art show from kindergarten? It was during the afternoon your teacher turned you and your classmates loose with watercolors. You didn’t know what a […]
Maybe you have ‘cave syndrome’
by Nicholas Goldberg A few weeks ago I wrote a column in which I briefly referred to the concept of “cave syndrome.” The term was coined by […]
Loss of liberties is not immediate, but happens over time
If one can say the pandemic has had any positive side effect, it has been to help us focus on what the loss of liberties looks like. […]
More unreported COVID-19 deaths in state
Gov. Jim Justice reported 39 more COVID-19-related deaths in West Virginia Wednesday, 35 of which were previously not reported, bringing the state’s unreported — or late — […]
COVID-19 cases continue to climb in state
It has been a year since West Virginia had its first death related to COVID-19, and Gov. Jim Justice said Monday at his regular press briefing the […]
Mon’s high schools to hold prom – with no dancing allowed
Last year, as the pandemic was cutting loose in north-central West Virginia, Monongalia County’s school district canceled prom altogether. This year, though, prom is back in Mon. […]
What will you do when you’re vaccinated?
by Mary Schmich So what are you going to do once you’re fully vaccinated? It’s one of the great existential questions of our pandemic time, one that […]
More COIVD cases in area schools
University High School went into Monday with another positive COVID case of a student, which in turn put an additional 17 students, plus one teacher, into quarantine, […]
