dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A bill to require the Division of Highways to contract for snow removal on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties barely squeaked out of the House […]
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House Education kills bill to enable boards to fire school administrators
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A House bill to give county school boards – and indirectly, superintendents – more hiring and firing power fizzled in the Education Committee Monday afternoon. Current code […]
Hope Gas Morgantown pipeline suits: Landowners share their stories
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Hope Gas continues to pursue 23 condemnation suits for rights of way for its Morgantown Connector Project. The 30-mile pipeline is intended to increase natural gas supply […]
DOGE removes Parkersburg office from closure list; a NETL contract ripple in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN – A federal building lease canceled by DOE in Parkersburg appears to be un-canceled. And Morgantown sees a tiny ripple among $20 billion in DOGE contract cancellations. On the […]
State Senate sends school Guardian bill to House; fate of rival bills remains uncertain
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate sent its bill to put contracted Guardians into public schools over to the House of Delegates on Thursday, but what will become of it […]
State Senate committee again advances bill to require education on the Holocaust
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate is again attempting to pass a bill to require Holocaust education in the public schools. The Education Committee approved a trimmed-down version of SB […]
Senate committee moves bill to ban lab-grown meat
MORGANTOWN – Last year, the Legislature passed the Truth in Food Labeling Act to require labeling of “analogue” food products derived from plants, insects or fungus and other additives, and […]
Rep. Riley Moore celebrates opening of Morgantown district office
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Freshman 2nd District Congressman Riley Moore held a ribbon cutting on Wednesday for his new Morgantown district office at Suburban Court – the building behind Kegler’s and […]
Sen. Capito joins WVU Health Sciences leaders to mark start of dental school renovation project
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito joined with leaders and staff of WVU Health Sciences and the School of Dentistry Tuesday morning to celebrate the start of the school’s […]
USDA program cuts and their effects on West Virginia farmers
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Trey Yates is a fourth-generation dairy farmer who owns Greenbrier Dairy in Rainelle. Supplying schools and food banks make up 98% of his business and U.S. Department […]
