Area residents graduated in May from West  Virginia Wesleyan College, announced Larry Parsons, interim dean of the college.

Potomac State College of West Virginia University summer classes begin on Monday, May 19th. 

Tiana Warner, a student at Keyser High School, has been accepted into the People to the People Student Ambassador Program, an educational travel program founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

There wasn’t a seat left vacant at the Mineral County Board of Education’s Administrative Office on Tuesday night  . . .

Warrants were issued Monday for the arrests of three former employees of the South Branch Career and Technical Center. 

An elementary school teacher since 1972 with a 30-year tenure in Mineral County Schools, Frankfort Intermediate third-grade teacher Diane Lemon,  received recognition for more than three decades of hard work when she was selected for the  2008 West Virginia Math Teacher of the year award.

On Friday, April 4, from 6-10 p.m., children between the ages 6 and 12 are invited to attend the “Jr. Bobcat Kids Night Out” at the Frostburg State University Harold J. Cordts Physical Education Center.

Keyser High School sophomores Jaimie Kessel and Bryan Stagger recently represented the Keyser Moose Lodge #662 in the 2007-2008 “Moose Youth Awareness Program”.

Frostburg State University Department of Music’s Student Recital Series presents Amy Saavedra, and Karen Wolkow,performing lute recitals.

Dr. James Russell Perkins, a 1974 graduate of the Frostburg State University music education program, was recently presented with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Who’s FSU award in recognition of outstanding professional achievements.

The Keyser Pre-K/Head Start Center, located on 251 West Piedmont St., will have an Application and Screening Day.

Mineral County students in grades 6-12 will take part in the 2007-08 Pride Survey of West Virginia students in April.

The faculty and administration at Keyser Middle School is proud to announce the honor roll for the fourth six-week grading period.

To earn good grades, everybody knows that students need to prepare for class, complete their school assignments on time, and stay up with the learning. And then, for good measure, they must perform well on tests.

Twenty-four students with 99 items for sale at the 2008 Mineral County FFA Ham, Bacon, and Egg Auction, held last Friday evening set a record for total money earned from the auction.