JBissett@DominionPost.comMarion County judge has denied the injunction that would have stopped Friday’s sale of the John Manchin Sr. Health Center in Fairmont. Judge Matt Delligatti made his ruling at the […]
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‘A good guy taken too soon’
Lisa Lataille gave a little smile Monday afternoon on the sidewalk in front of the Monongalia County Justice Center. Minutes before in the glass-walled center, Magistrate Dimas Reyes accepted the […]
One foot in front of the other: ‘Kickin’ it for Katy foundation to award scholarships for mental health pursuits
FAIRMONT – Kaitlynn Jade “Katy” Newbraugh, by the accounting of all who knew her, was a top-achieving kid who liked to watch out for her family, her neighbors and the […]
‘Old show building’ about to get its name back in lights
MANNINGTON – Did you go on your first date at the Mannington Movie Theater? Or maybe you popped in later, after the place had been reinvented as a bar and […]
Mold, humidity issues being addressed at East Fairmont High School
FAIRMONT – That’s the thing about mold. It comes back. Marion County Schools Superintendent Donna Heston delivered that biology lesson, most basic, to Board of Education members earlier this week. […]
West Virginia paleontologist Ray Garton, ‘The Wooly Mammoth’ dies
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 […]
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 […]
