KINGWOOD — The Kingwood City Council unanimously voted to give $500 towards the Kingwood Police Department’s Shop with a Cop at its most recent meeting Tuesday. Officer Gina McNemar told […]
Local Government
Rep. McKinley comments on Gosar censure; Mooney and Miller fail to respond to requests for comment
MORGANTOWN — Two of three West Virginia U.S. House members did not respond to requests from The Dominion Post for comments on their votes on last week’s House resolution to […]
Cost of Chestnut Ridge sledding hill project piling up
MORGANTOWN — Costs associated with improvements to the Chestnut Ridge Park sledding hill continue to snowball. On Wednesday, the Monongalia County Commission opened a pair of bids to reshape the […]
Van Voorhis project plans raise questions about bank location, eminent domain
MORGANTOWN — The BB&T bank located at the corner of W.Va. 705 (Chestnut Ridge Road) and Van Voorhis Road is partially built on a 2,214 square-foot strip of property along […]
‘Northern bypass’ used to push Roads to Prosperity vote no longer a state priority
MORGANTOWN — The crown jewel of the Roads to Prosperity sales pitch in Monongalia County is all but off the table as far as the state is concerned. Now, local […]
Preston water utilities using 911 warning system
KINGWOOD — Preston County’s Wireless Emergency Notification System (WENS) is something of a success story. That’s what Duane Hamilton, Director of the Preston County Office of Emergency Management and 911 […]
Capito comments on infrastructure bill, drug overdose deaths, during talk with W.Va. press
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Zoomed with members of the West Virginia press Thursday and much of the conversation focused on the passage and signing of the bipartisan […]
Mon Commission joins Morgantown Council in supporting MMAGIC
MORGANTOWN — With a 2-1 vote, the Monongalia County Commission joined Morgantown City Council in supporting the creation of MMAGIC, or Monongalia Morgantown Area Geospatial Consortium. Commissioner Tom Bloom voted in […]
Preston County’s new magistrate district map to be posted for public viewing
KINGWOOD — Maps of Preston County’s newly drawn magisterial districts — a requirement as part of the statewide redistricting caused by the census — will be posted around the county until […]
Sikora will seek second term on Monongalia County Commission
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commission President Sean Sikora said he detests running for office — but he loves being a commissioner. So, with a little over a year before the […]
