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MHS students debate the issues during mock council meeting

MORGANTOWN — Joe Abu-Ghannam is fit to be tied over the laissez-faire attitude surrounding Netflix password sharing. Danielle Trumble is big MADS — that’s Mothers Against Delinquent Students — about youths running wild in the streets after 10 p.m. Both made their feelings known ...

Federal student loan debt relief application now available online

MORGANTOWN — Early this week the White House announced that the federal student loan debt relief application is available online. You'll find the link to the application at studentaid.gov. It's available for desktop and mobile devices, in English and Spanish. As studentaid.gov notes, ...

Mason-Dixon Historical Park shows off new playground

MORGANTOWN — You probably wouldn’t bat an eye at hearing a Monongalia County Commissioner banging the drum for the county park system. You might bat an eye, however, at a county commissioner literally banging a drum in one of the county’s parks. Both were on offer Thursday during ...

Supreme Court majority rules in favor of public aid

A majority of West Virginia Supreme Court justices dissolved an injunction against a scholarship for students leaving the public school system. The Hope Scholarship was being challenged over whether it violates the state constitution’s guarantee of a “thorough and efficient” education system. Kanawha Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit earlier ordered an injunction to halt distribution of the Hope Scholarship for about 3,000 students in its first year. The five-member state Supreme Court heard oral arguments in an appeal two days ago. Thursday, justices indicated they would enter ...