dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – As the evidentiary hearing approaches for NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic Resiliency Link Project case, Public Service Commission staff have issued a second set of recommendations to keep […]
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Preston PSD1 plans search for 1,545 missing customer files
dbeard@dominionpost.com NOTE: This report has been updated to include discussion of a recent state audit. MORGANTOWN – The Preston County Public Service District No. 1 hopes to find 1,545 missing […]
PSC receives words of support for proposed Maidsville Energy Center
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Letters and testimony supporting the Mon Power/Potomac Edison plan to build a combined cycle gas plant at their Fort Martin site were received by the Public Service […]
Mon Health Department closes beach at Cheat Lake Park; Save Cheat Lake renews calls for sanctions against Lake Lynn Generation
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Following last week’s closure of Milestone Point Beach at Cheat Lake Park by the Monongalia County Health Department, the citizen group Save Cheat Lake has renewed its […]
WVU BOG approves tuition and fee hikes for Fiscal Year 2027
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The WVU Board of Governors approved tuition and fee hikes for Fiscal Year 2027 during its Friday meeting. Resident undergraduate students will see their tuition and fees […]
WVU announces research partnership with Johns Hopkins University
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – WVU President Michael Benson on Friday announced a new research partnership with Johns Hopkins University. WVU is contributing $2 million and JHU is contributing $5 million of […]
GATC Health’s Morgantown lab uses AI to develop drug to treat opioid use disorder
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A groundbreaking new drug that could revolutionize the treatment of opioid use disorder was developed here in Morgantown. Human clinical trials are on the horizon. And the […]
Mon Health Medical Center Auxiliary donates $160K to P3 program
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Members of the Mon Health Medical Center Auxiliary gathered with members of the hospital’s Progressing Through Postpartum Program on Thursday for a ceremonial check presentation. P3 provides […]
A look at FirstEnergy’s planned gas-fired plant and Fort Martin
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Dominion Post visited FirstEnergy’s Fort Martin site recently to talk about its proposed new 1,200 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine plant and tour its coal-fired plant. […]
MARL public hearings to begin; some thoughts from NextEra and WATI
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Public Service Commission’s four public hearings on the MidAtlantic Resiliency Link project are set to begin on Thursday, June 4. With that in mind, The Dominion […]










