Brookhaven volunteer fire crews spent a good portion of Wednesday evening with a collective eye on a charred apartment at Marjorie Gardens. An exploding lithium-ion battery of an e-bike is […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
Multiple crews respond to Marjorie Gardens fire
An electric bicycle “exploded” in an apartment at Marjorie Gardens on Wednesday evening, sending multiple fire crews to the scene of the complex on Dorsey Lane, reports said. Ladder trucks […]
Soon to be penny-less: Look for Lincoln to make a comeback at future coin shows, area numismatist says
STONEWOOD – Penny for your thoughts? Don’t get John Hines started. “Yeah, it’s a little silly, I think,” the Stonewood, Harrison County, man said Wednesday afternoon. Those thoughts came just […]
Pierpont CTC to launch ‘bridge program’ to address nursing needs in state
FAIRMONT – If you’d like to become a registered nurse and you already work in the field, Pierpont Community & Technical College is ready to help you bridge that gap. […]
‘I’m just the caretaker’: A Veterans Day remembrance of West Virginia’s Woody Williams, who was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II
FAIRMONT – Stay with me, Woody. That’s what Doral Lee, a big kid from Minnesota, said to Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams, a little guy from Marion County, as they slogged […]
‘I was honored to serve’: Tom Hellyer, who fought in Vietnam and drilled troops at Parris Island is parade marshal of Morgantown’s 2025 Veterans Day Parade
Seven decades later – almost – and Tom Hellyer still looks back with a chuckle and knowing nod. He’d been had, you see. “Yeah, that Marine knew what he was […]
Warner: Everyone equal in the voting booth
JBissett@DominionPost.com Colson Jenkins grinned as he handed over his voter registration form Thursday morning at University High School.“I’m going straight to the source,” the senior said.Said source, in this case, […]
1985 Election Day Flood: Of buried firetrucks, unaware goldfish and a mission bigger than it all
JBissett@DominionPost.com ROWLESBURG – Rick Felton worked for the railroad and was used to hearing metal on metal.Still, the CSX brakeman was sonically unprepared for what shrieked across the night before […]
Woman still marvels that she and her daughter survived the 1985 Election Day Flood
JBissett@DominionPost.com My God, Jen. I gotta get Jen. Help me. Please.Call that a clothesline prayer.Robin Moore sent it bubbling through the chop just after midnight on Nov. 5, 1985, when […]
A first down – on every play: Ridgedale teacher energizes class with ‘NFeLementary’
JBissett@DominionPost.com He doesn’t mind if you call him “Cheesehead” – no sir, not one bit.And on Tuesday morning, this fourth-grade football fan received a free backpack from his favorite NFL […]
