dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – NASA on Monday responded to questions from The Dominion Post about proposed budget cuts at the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification & Validation Facility in […]
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NASA IV&V in Fairmont faces drastic funding cut
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification & Validation Facility in Fairmont could see a drastic budget cut under President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 Discretionary Budget […]
Four groups file federal challenge to state’s right to permit injection wells for carbon storage
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Surface Owners Rights Organization and three environmental groups have joined in a federal court challenge to the U.S. EPA granting West […]
Capito addresses job cuts at NIOSH, NETL during call with West Virginia reporters
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito fielded some questions during her Thursday briefing with West Virginia reporters on this week’s job cuts at the Morgantown NIOSH […]
DOGE removes Parkersburg office from closure list; a NETL contract ripple in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN – A federal building lease canceled by DOE in Parkersburg appears to be un-canceled. And Morgantown sees a tiny ripple among $20 billion in DOGE contract […]
Rep. Riley Moore celebrates opening of Morgantown district office
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Freshman 2nd District Congressman Riley Moore held a ribbon cutting on Wednesday for his new Morgantown district office at Suburban Court – the building […]
USDA program cuts and their effects on West Virginia farmers
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Trey Yates is a fourth-generation dairy farmer who owns Greenbrier Dairy in Rainelle. Supplying schools and food banks make up 98% of his business […]
Capito fields questions on DOGE, effects on West Virginia, during weekly briefing
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – President Trump’s DOGE effort to count government waste is popular among the public – with a poll by left-leaning CNN saying 54% of voters […]
U.S. House Ethics Committee clears Alex Mooney in campaign funds misspending probe
MORGANTOWN – The U.S. House Ethics Committee has closed its inquiry into alleged misspending of campaign funds by Rep. Alex Mooney – West Virginia’s 2nd District Congressman […]
Federal prison employees’ union seeks injunction against Bureau of Prisons plan for Morgantown, Hazelton prisons
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Federal Bureau of Prisons plan to deactivate FPC Morgantown and reassign its 150 employees to FCC Hazelton has raised concerns among West Virginia’s […]