Recent News
Sports
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University’s Olivia Masoner named 2025 first team all-state catcher after return from season-ending injury a year ago
June 13, 2025MORGANTOWN – The 2024 University High School softball team will forever be remembered for its run that captured the [...] -
ElliReese Niday continues to impress at American Cup
June 13, 2025MORGANTOWN — Most 13-year-olds are at summer camp, on vacation or annoying their parents. But for ElliReese Niday, her [...] -
Carson Tyler’s sport change led him to Olympics, set to medal in West Virgina
June 12, 2025MORGANTOWN — Olympian diver Carson Tyler spent most of his summers as a kid taking tennis lessons. After one of his [...] -
Morgantown Post 2 opens summer with 20 runs in first two games
June 12, 2025MORGANTOWN – The Morgantown Post 2 baseball team has enjoyed a fast start to its 2025 summer schedule with wins over [...] -
University, Morgantown each land pair on AAAA all-state softball first team
June 12, 2025Captains usually avoid severe weather, but Drea Watts pitches up a storm. Watts, the ace pitcher on Cabell Midland’s 2025 [...] -
WVU hoops guard Chance Moore ruled eligible to play by NCAA, must sit first five games
June 11, 2025MORGANTOWN — The WVU men’s basketball team came out on the positive end from a NCAA eligibility ruling Wednesday, as [...]
- Sam Miller leads Black Bears to 7-6 victory in home opener
- Teen phenom ElliReese Niday competing for Team USA at American Cup meet at Mylan Park
- Weston Mazey joins Anchorage Glacier Pilots of the Alaska Baseball League for the first half of the summer
Cops and Courts
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Biaforas, Lake Lynn Generation await judge’s decision on next step in Cheat Lake drought lawsuit
June 11, 2025dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Both sides in the Biafora family business dispute with Lake Lynn Generation following last [...] -
Identity of human remains confirmed
June 6, 2025MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with theWest Virginia Office of the Chief Medical [...] -
Remains found in wooded area being cleared for bridge project
June 3, 2025MORGANTOWN – Deputies with the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office responded Monday to the discovery of human remains [...] -
Wednesday’s fatal crash under investigation
May 1, 2025MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Wednesday crash on Grafton Road that claimed the life [...] -
Morgantown man accused of attempting to take flashbang grenade through Pittsburgh airport security
April 9, 2025PITTSBURGH — A Morgantown man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of an [...] -
Case of former Hopemont Hospital nurse assistant accused in resident’s scalding death goes to Preston County grand jury
March 6, 2025EDITOR’S NOTE: The Dominion Post reporter David Beard is not related to Kylah Beard, the defendant in this case. [...]
- All nine suspects identified and charged in Morgantown robbery, assault case
- Case of former Hopemont nurse charged in patient’s scalding death heads to Preston Circuit Court
- Hope Gas continues condemnation suits for Morgantown pipeline route; some settle, some fighting
Local Government
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WVU, WVSU see research grants terminated under DOGE
May 25, 2025dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Colleges and universities across the country have seen research grants terminated under [...] -
Four groups file federal challenge to state’s right to permit injection wells for carbon storage
May 14, 2025dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Surface Owners Rights Organization and three environmental groups have [...] -
Preston County Senior Citizens hoping for new building
May 13, 2025KINGWOOD — A possible new building, the annual Spring Fling, and Off Our Rocker Yard Sale make the coming two months busy ones [...] -
Residents turn out for open house on proposed 105-mile power line from Pennsylvania to Virginia
May 12, 2025dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Several hundred people turned out at the Erickson Alumni Center Monday afternoon for an [...] -
PSC denies West Virginia American Water proposal to automatically enroll customers in paperless billing
May 7, 2025dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – West Virginia American Water’s quest to channel most of its customers into paperless [...] -
WVU research VP urges faculty to remain calm as federal actions foster uncertainty
May 6, 2025dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Uncertainty remains the key word as WVU continues to work out how Trump administration [...]
- Hope Gas files rate hike proposal with Public Service Commission
- A look at bills that crossed the legislative finish line
- DOGE reports 10 HHS grants to state Health Department terminated
Opinion
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Daniel D. Sperandio
April 29, 2025Daniel D. Sperandio, 75, of Core, passed away Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, in his residence, with his family at his side.He was [...] -
Just who is the king of D.C.’s bureaucracy?
November 4, 2024“That didn’t stop me,” President Biden declared after the Supreme Court blocked his $430 billion student loan write-off in [...] -
Granville sales tax proposal appears overboard
November 3, 2024A move by the town council in Granville to become a Home Rule city and add a 1% municipal sales tax is of real concern. If [...] -
Each and every day, remember what’s important
November 3, 2024“They have so little, and we have so much.”“They are so happy, and yet we are so sad.”Those observations come from one of [...] -
Getting out the vote important
November 3, 2024Leaders of both major political parties agree on one thing: The presidential election scheduled for Tuesday is among the most [...] -
Be mindful of youth during travels today
October 31, 2024Forget about decades-old urban myths about razor blades and poisons hidden in Halloween candy — the real dangers tonight are [...]
- Bureaucracy getting in the way in W.Va.
- State DOH not serving county
- AI a powerful tool to benefit mankind
