dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Hope Gas is making steady progress on its Morgantown Connector Project – a new 30-mile pipeline from Wadestown to Morgantown – and took The Dominion Post on […]
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Mon Medical Center achieves state first in new AFib procedure
dbeard@dominionpost.com Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center recently achieved another first-in-state in heart care by combining two technologies to treat atrial fibrillation – AFib. Mon Health Heart & Vascular Center electrophysiologist […]
WVU, WVSU see research grants terminated under DOGE
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Colleges and universities across the country have seen research grants terminated under DOGE efforts to rein in government spending. West Virginia has been a relatively tiny target, […]
FERC approves Lake Lynn’s recreation plan update for Cheat Lake
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this week approved Lake Lynn Generation’s 2024 update to its recreation plan for the Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Project. The approval came as […]
Four groups file federal challenge to state’s right to permit injection wells for carbon storage
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Surface Owners Rights Organization and three environmental groups have joined in a federal court challenge to the U.S. EPA granting West Virginia the right […]
Residents turn out for open house on proposed 105-mile power line from Pennsylvania to Virginia
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Several hundred people turned out at the Erickson Alumni Center Monday afternoon for an open house to learn about the proposed NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic Resiliency Link […]
PSC denies West Virginia American Water proposal to automatically enroll customers in paperless billing
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – West Virginia American Water’s quest to channel most of its customers into paperless billing has failed – with the Public Service Commission this week denying the request […]
WVU research VP urges faculty to remain calm as federal actions foster uncertainty
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Uncertainty remains the key word as WVU continues to work out how Trump administration executive actions will affect the university. WVU Vice President for Research Fred King […]
Mon Medical Center earns A in Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center earned an A in Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade spring 2025 report. This is Mon Health’s first A since 2019 – improving from […]
Hope Gas files rate hike proposal with Public Service Commission
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Hope Gas filed with the Public Service Commission this week to increase its base rates. This is its first base rate case since 2020. Hope said in […]










