ELKINS — Staff at Monongahela National Forest would like everyone to have a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend. “We have seen increased visitation on the forest […]
Tag: Memorial Day
Joint Memorial Day ceremony for Israelis and Palestinians overcame hate
by Trudy Rubin TEL AVIV, Israel — Memorial Day used to be Israel’s most sacred secular holiday because it honored those who died in wars or terrorist […]
June 12 letters to the editor
‘Good guys with guns’ didn’t stop shooter Nineteen “good guys with guns” were totally unable to stop the systematic slaughter of 21 innocent people, 19 of whom […]
Editorial Encore: We don’t all observe Memorial Day the same way
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial has been adapted from a previous year’s musings on Memorial Day. Two years into a pandemic, some still can’t observe Memorial Day the […]
Gov. Justice ill, postpones COVID briefing until next week
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice issued statement Wednesday evening, saying he is “feeling extremely sick” and may have Lyme disease. “After the WV GameChanger events on Monday […]
River City Festival of the Arts returns
The Annual River City Festival of the Arts will return after COVID shut it down a couple of years ago. Scheduled for Memorial Day weekend — May […]
Turnpike traffic returns to pre-COVID-19 levels
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — Traffic on the West Virginia Turnpike during the five-day Memorial Day holiday weekend returned to pre-COVID levels and was up more than 3% compared […]
‘Those we honor today were brave when it counted most’
MORGANTOWN — It would have been easy, VFW Post 548 Commander Jeremy Allio said, to make excuses — to relent to the hassles of a seemingly endless […]
Ways we observe Memorial Day
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial is adapted from one that originally ran on May 26, 2020. Some still can’t observe Memorial Day the way they usually would, as […]
Memorial Day 2021: ‘These guys walked the same hallways as you’
As the hearse from New Jersey whispered among headstones and tree-lined lanes, the old soldiers of the Taylor County Honor Guard snapped to attention, like the warriors […]
