Monongalia County Board of Education member Mike Kelly used a school bus analogy to deliver a facts-of-life message from the board to area lawmakers last week. Say there are 70 students in that bus, Kelly’s analogy went, when it rolls up to the front of a school. Thirty students ...
MORGANTOWN – An administrative law judge engaged by the state Public Service Commission has ruled that West Preston School must disconnect its water service from Preston County Public Service District 1 for the old section of the school and resume service from Arthurdale Water Association ...
Brian Kiehl says he expects things will be hunky-dory during the 2024 Monongalia County Schools Spelling Bee, which will be Jan. 10 at the district’s central office in Sabraton. Kiehl is an administrator in the district who began organizing the spelling bee right before the ...
The past president of Doctors Without Borders USA is heading this year’s class of distinguished alumni at Morgantown High School. Dr. Darin Portnoy, who graduated from MHS in 1980, went on to become a physician recognized internationally for his commitment to medical humanitarian ...
Rania Zuri, the recent Morgantown High graduate who has garnered international accolades in her work for the advancement of literacy across the U.S. and the globe, just made the Forbes “30 under 30” list. The publication annually recognizes 600 young entrepreneurs, innovators and influencers from the fields of healthcare, the arts, education, social media and more. For Zuri, 18, it all started with intellectual diversion two years ago while she was still a student at MHS. That’s when she started The LiTEArary Society, a club for kindred biblio-spirits who would gather to ...
KINGWOOD — In February 2019, Preston County passed a five-year levy that generated $4.5 million per year to support building upgrades and repairs, field trips, on-site learning experiences, instructional, office supplies and additional personnel at Preston County Schools. That levy runs ...
