When the First Baptist Church of Morgantown welcomed its first worshippers in 1842, the city was already a bustling enclave in the northernmost climes of what was then the Commonwealth […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
WVU institute teams up with school system to make football safer
FAIRMONT — Are you ready for some football? A new season is almost upon the land, which also means it will soon be time for that too-familiar gridiron-physics narrative to […]
Whose road is it anyway? Marion commissioners asked for upkeep on orphan stretch near Worthington
FAIRMONT – Doug Starcher doesn’t work for West Virginia’s Division of Highways, but he has been known to do on-the-fly road maintenance from time to time. That’s so he can […]
Ride on, Norm: Truck owned by late columnist getting back on the road
STAR CITY — If you knew Norm Julian, the intrepid columnist of The Dominion Post who died this past September, chances are you’re also aware of the colorful, complicated relationships […]
Coal seam fire near Fairmont shows no signs of going out
WHITE HALL — No buildings were ablaze when the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department responded to a smoke investigation call near Fairmont last week. The incendiary simmering, instead, was coming […]
Drowning victim was university technology leader
FAIRMONT — The woman who apparently drowned last week in the Tygart Valley River near Colfax played an instrumental role in West Virginia University’s technology infrastructure. Erin Weikle Bunner, 48, […]
Fairmont paving project has historic implications
FAIRMONT — One need not pave over history to make the ride smoother, Fairmont City Manager Travis Blosser told city council members last week. With bids set to go out […]
Officials begin assessing flood damage in Marion
FAIRMONT — Damage assessments are now officially underway in Fairmont and Marion County, a week after flash floods swamped basements, submerged roadways and caused the partial collapse of an apartment […]
Book chronicling civil rights struggles in West Virginia nets national praise
MORGANTOWN — When you hear someone’s story, you begin to love them. That’s from Fred Rogers, who was known as “Mister Rogers” during his celebrated run as a children’s show […]
Marion schools still mopping up after deluge
FAIRMONT — Maintenance workers for Marion County Schools pumped more than 300 gallons of water from Monongah Elementary after Sunday’s sudden deluge of rain and flash floods. “Monongah was the […]
