Oak Glen High School’s 2025 Homecoming court includes, from left, front row, sophomore attendant Lucy Ford, freshman attendants Charlee Fisher and Karter Turley, and sophomore attendant Layla Skavenski; from left, back row, junior attendant Kendall Six, senior queen candidates Emma Stansbury, Cameron Michaud, Brooklyn Six,…
Jason Engle, previously appointed Weir High Head Basketball coach, appears before the Hancock Board of Education, to request to speak. The Board held an executive session with Engle.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 10, 2025 — The News Literacy Project today announced that 14 school districts have been accepted to its District Fellowship program, including Hancock County Schools. Joining the fourth cohort of the program, HCS is the first district in W.Va. to be selected…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The WVU Cancer Institute and WVU Medicine Children’s joined with Blood Cancer United to host “Light the Night”. The Sept. 4 event honored cancer survivors, supported patients and families who are still fighting, and remembered those who have passed away. Blood Cancer United, formerly the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, started the yearly event…
Hancock County Superintendent Dan Enich said the school system is following the WV School Board directive in abiding by the State Code that only allows for medical exemptions for those vaccines required to enter school. Enich responded to questions posed prior to the beginning of…
WVNCC has been awarded aRapid Response Advance Grant from the West Virginia Community and Technical College System to deliver specialized training for public safety telecommunicators in partnership with the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International. Founded in 1935, APCO International is the world’s…
Although the final license is still to be granted to Current Hydro, LLC for the New Cumberland Hydro Electric plant, the Board of Education and Hancock County Commission have agreed upon an original PILOT project payment schedule. The proposed escalating PILOT/lease payment is $400,000.00 with…
by Tamara Pettit The Star It was just a star. Not even a fancy star, but a rough five-point star drawn with a fountain pen. The fountain pen, an elegant reminder of another time when your signature was your bond and your word was…
WHEELING, W.VA – West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) is proud to announce its participation in the State Tuition Assistance for Necessary Degrees (STAND) Program, an initiative of the West Virginia Community and Technical College System that provides tuition-free opportunities for apprentices in U.S. Department…