Martinsburg, the fast-growing town in West Virginia’s bustling Eastern Panhandle, is more urban these days than most communities across the Mountain State. Suburban, anyway — given its official Washington, D.C., […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
‘The People’s Tree’ — in the University City
Julie Fosbender twinkled just like Santa when she spied the guy with the notebook regarding all that trailer, and all that tree, Friday morning at 84 Lumber in Sabraton. “You […]
Andy and Barney make for a Korean War reunion
Not every war story has Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife in it, but this one does. During one lazy afternoon back in the 1990s, Jack Sealy was in […]
State Department of Education gives count of students and teachers in school for 2023-24
There are 18,774 educators currently encamped in West Virginia’s public school classrooms – and 1,705 of them, while certified, are still teaching out of their content areas. For students on […]
PEIA hearing in Morgantown
Sam Brunett said was pretty sure the comments made during the Nov. 9 Public Employee Insurance Agency hearing in Morgantown weren’t going to add up to much. What is adding […]
Of NASCAR and case law: Darris Summers remembers Judge Stone
At the old Smithton Speedway, it wasn’t uncommon for drivers to be both judge and jury – by way of their fists – depending upon how much quarter-panel paint may […]
Saving the world, one entry at a time: Samsung extends deadline for its national ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ competition
Are you a high school student ready to steer the world to a better place through STEM? Are you a high school teacher thinking the same, for the students you […]
D.D. Meighen: Work to do, stories to tell
FAIRMONT — Some clergymen like to get up in front of the congregation to deliver “sermons.” The Rev. D.D. Meighen isn’t one of them. For him, deliverance of a good […]
BYU alumni bring away games home to their school’s mission
B … Y … Yinz. Julie Russin has lived and worked in a couple of different places in the country and she’s a proud graduate of Brigham Young University. Even […]
Gourds, go long: Ridgedale Elementary stages annual pumpkin drop
What’s that? You think you might be in the market for an adept engineer or sharp payload specialist … say, 15 years from now? Well, don’t go out of your […]
