MORGANTOWN — A good deal of political chatter these days is devoted to the U.S. Supreme Court. On the one hand, Senate Republicans are aiming to confirm […]
Government
Need for program increases as more kids raised by grandparents
KINGWOOD — Susie Huggins, After School Explorers program director, said there is a large uptick in the number of Preston County children being raised by their grandparents. […]
County anticipates $2M bill to sends prisoners to regional jail
Time is money. In particular, in West Virginia, time spent in one of the state’s 10 regional jails is the taxpayers’ money being paid through the counties. […]
EMS across West Virginia face challenges
KINGWOOD — In the last decade, more than 70 ambulance services have closed across the state, according to the State Office of EMS. Chris Hall, executive director […]
Candidates for 52nd and 53rd House of Delegates District meet with The Dominion Post Editorial Board
MORGANTOWN — The candidates for the 52nd and 53rd House of Delegates districts met recently with The Dominion Post Editorial Board to field question and air their […]
Requests pour in for street project
Morgantown Staff Engineer Drew Gatlin said the city has received dozens of requests for additional healthy streets since the pilot project kicked off this summer. Through the […]
Manchin meets with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, expresses doubts about her Obamacare views
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Joe Manchin announced Friday that he met with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday. He called the meeting pleasant but expressed doubts. […]
Justice proposes sanctions for teams that mutli-test to improve county test numbers; DHHR adds more info to county map
MORGANTOWN — Following several questions about whether some high school coaches are encouraging athletes and parents to get multiple COVID-19 tests to artificially improve their county numbers, […]
Work begins on 2021 Preston County Buckwheat Festival
KINGWOOD – Plans are being made for the 79th Buckwheat Festival — which will be in 2021. This year would have been the 79th festival, had it […]
PSC OKs rates for Mon Power/Potomac Edison to provide LED street lights, but not the rates they asked for
MORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission has approved rates for LED outdoor lights for customers that provide outdoor lighting – essentially state and local governments. But […]
