by Denis McDonough Every headstone in cemeteries across our nation and around the globe tells a story. The letters etched upon those stones are the names of […]
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Former VA hospital nursing assistant sentenced to 7 life sentences, 20 years for deaths of 8 veterans
Read comments from West Virginia lawmakers HERE CLARKSBURG — A former nursing assistant was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for murder and assault charges in the deaths […]
Vietnam vets to get monument in Preston
REEDSVILLE — Vietnam Veterans Chapter 977 met recently at the Reedsville Volunteer Fire Department to discuss a monument they will place on the courthouse lawn in Kingwood. […]
Nation pays tribute to Vietnam War veterans
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Monday was the fifth National Vietnam War Veterans Day. In 2012, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation declaring March 29 to be Vietnam Veterans Day in […]
Persistence pays off: local Girl Scout earns Gold Award
MORGANTOWN — Persistence was key for Caitlyn Costello when taking on the project that earned her the Girl Scout’s Gold Award. “I was relieved, and then I […]
DAR gives Valentines to area veterans
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Veterans in several of the area nursing homes were remembered with Valentines sponsored by the Hagans-Evans Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. Brenda Fisher, chairman […]
Wreaths across America
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Wreaths Across America is a national effort that grew thanks to a simple picture of wreaths laid at soldiers’ graves covered with snow at Arlington National […]
Vietnam veterans work to erect memorial
KINGWOOD — Preston County’s Vietnam veterans are working with county commissioners to erect a memorial on county property. Vietnam veterans James Savage and Bill Benson addressed the […]
79th anniversary of Pearl Harbor
University marks bombing with annual remembrance at USS W.Va. mast and bell Newsroom@DominionPost.com Keynote speaker Andrew Chancey did not attend WVU’s remembrance ceremony commemorating the 79th anniversary […]
Local Air Force veteran applies skills to business
by Olivia Murrayomurray@dominionpost.com For five years, Nick Lambie served as a U.S. Air Force weapons director. He controlled tanker and fighter aircraft and executed missions — tasks […]
