BARRACKVILLE – The “Wooly Mammoth” has passed on. That’s how family, friends and colleagues came to know Ray Garton – in part for his bearded, hirsute appearance, but mainly for […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
Driver charged in I-68 fatal crash pleads guilty
JBissett@DominionPost.com The longhaul trucker police say was responsible for a crash in January that sent a car plummeting off the Cheat Lake Bridge is now awaiting his sentence – after […]
Otherworldly arguing: Debate team to take on existence of Mothman, other cryptids
JBissett@DominionPost.com FAIRMONT – Resolved: You know, when you think about that Mothman and that Flatwoods Monster, you do kind of have to wonder, if you know what I’m saying. I […]
Mon BOE: Summer Sizzler, Avalanche to continue next year after all
JBissett@DominionPost.com Call it a fiscal fact of life. People who manage money for school districts aren’t necessarily accustomed to receiving applause on the record. However, that’s exactly what Nicole Kemper […]
Mon County student detained after report of gun at school
A Monongalia County student was taken into custody by sheriff’s deputies last week for allegedly bringing a gun to his high school and displaying it to classmates – but Superintendent […]
‘Parents entrust their kids to us’ — schools put on brief lockdown over threat concerns
That working lockdown across Monongalia County’s school district on Wednesday left some parents concerned for a time – but Superintendent Eddie Campbell said it couldn’t have happened any other way. […]
Happy Birthday (No. 3) to WVU Medicine Children’s
Sara Myers had just finished lunch and was getting ready to eat again – but don’t judge her, OK? “All these food trucks,” said Myers, who is a technician in […]
‘Hometown Market’ series finale Saturday in Fairmont
JBissett@DominionPost.com FAIRMONT – From classic T-Birds to vine-ripened tomatoes, Main Street Fairmont’s Hometown Market series this summer has been “one for the books,” Alex Petry said.“Can’t wait to see you […]
Morrisey: More than $700K going to food pantries in counties hit by flooding last year
FAIRMONT – Food pantries in Marion and Ohio counties will be among the recipients of an emergency funding outlay to help them replenish their shelves in the wake of floods […]
Scrubs and scrunchies: Pediatric nurse dispenses extra-special care at WVU Medicine Children’s
JBissett@DominionPost.com Meet Amanda Vranish: full-time pediatric nurse, part-time hair consultant and makeover artist, at WVU Medicine Children’s. “Yeah, I didn’t know it was gonna take off like that,” she said. […]
