MORGANTOWN — For the fifth consecutive budget cycle, the Monongalia County Commission intends to lower taxes. That was among the major talking points Friday morning as the commission met in […]
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Cause, victim identified in fatal fire Wednesday
A fatal fire on Snake Hill Road Wednesday afternoon in Monongalia County has been determined as accidental in nature by state fire marshals. Sharon L. Cale, 76, of Morgantown, died […]
Two more arrested in connection with Grant Avenue burglary
Two additional men were arrested this week in connection with a reported burglary at a Grant Avenue residence in Morgantown last weekend. As previously reported by The Dominion Post, officers […]
Deputies, EMS responded to I-68 incident involving mother and two children
Monongalia County Sheriff’s Deputies and Monongalia Emergency Medical Services responded to a scary situation involving a mother and her two children on Interstate 68 Friday morning. According to Chief Deputy […]
Justice and team: COVID continues to wane but BA.2 is growing around world and across U.S.
MORGANTOWN — Friday was a bad news-good news day at the governor’s COVID briefing. The bad news was that the death toll reached 6,739, with Gov. Jim Justice announcing 88 […]
No action taken on request for pavilion construction funds
KINGWOOD — Kingwood City Council members took no action on a request for funds for a 40-by-100-foot pavilion being constructed by Preston Parks and Recreation Commission (PCPaRC). The estimated cost […]
Senators and delegates discuss state issues during Legislature update
KINGWOOD — Two state senators and two delegates spoke Thursday during the Preston County Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 Legislature Update Thursday. Sens. Randy Smith and Dave Sypolt, and Delegates Terri […]
Helping teens keep tradition
Christian Help traveled the county this week to help area teens getting ready for a spring tradition — high school proms. The agency took more than 150 dresses, suits, shoes […]
‘Because we’re fighting this war, alone’
Call them, the reverse-refugees. That’s why Amber Brugnoli wasn’t joking. She wasn’t exaggerating, either, even if she was speaking for effect. “You can’t get to Russia or Ukraine right now,” […]
Fentanyl symposium brings ‘best and brightest’ to talk opioid crisis
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Prosecutors, sheriffs and police chiefs from throughout West Virginia gathered at Waterfront Place Hotel and Conference Center in Morgantown Thursday for the West Virginia Fentanyl Symposium, which […]
