JBissett@DominionPost.com ROWLESBURG – Rick Felton worked for the railroad and was used to hearing metal on metal.Still, the CSX brakeman was sonically unprepared for what shrieked across the night before […]
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Woman still marvels that she and her daughter survived the 1985 Election Day Flood
JBissett@DominionPost.com My God, Jen. I gotta get Jen. Help me. Please.Call that a clothesline prayer.Robin Moore sent it bubbling through the chop just after midnight on Nov. 5, 1985, when […]
A first down – on every play: Ridgedale teacher energizes class with ‘NFeLementary’
JBissett@DominionPost.com He doesn’t mind if you call him “Cheesehead” – no sir, not one bit.And on Tuesday morning, this fourth-grade football fan received a free backpack from his favorite NFL […]
Injunction to stop sale of Manchin Health Care Center denied
JBissett@DominionPost.comMarion County judge has denied the injunction that would have stopped Friday’s sale of the John Manchin Sr. Health Center in Fairmont. Judge Matt Delligatti made his ruling at the […]
Driver charged in I-68 fatal crash pleads guilty
JBissett@DominionPost.com The longhaul trucker police say was responsible for a crash in January that sent a car plummeting off the Cheat Lake Bridge is now awaiting his sentence – after […]
Dominion Post staff wins statewide press awards
DPNews@DominionPost.com The Dominion Post won 15 statewide awards for advertising and editorial content for 2024. The DP competes in Division 1 against the largest newspapers in the state. AdvertisingAdvertising manager […]
Otherworldly arguing: Debate team to take on existence of Mothman, other cryptids
JBissett@DominionPost.com FAIRMONT – Resolved: You know, when you think about that Mothman and that Flatwoods Monster, you do kind of have to wonder, if you know what I’m saying. I […]
Mon BOE: Summer Sizzler, Avalanche to continue next year after all
JBissett@DominionPost.com Call it a fiscal fact of life. People who manage money for school districts aren’t necessarily accustomed to receiving applause on the record. However, that’s exactly what Nicole Kemper […]
County expresses ‘strong opposition’ to MARL
BConley@DominionPost.com The Monongalia County Commission is making its thoughts on the Mid-Atlantic Resiliency Link project known in Charleston. In letters addressed to both Gov. Patrick Morrisey and the West Virginia […]
Burning down the couch: MFD leadership says changes have doused unwanted tradition
BConley@DominionPost.com When was the first celebratory couch set alight in the city of Morgantown? Likely every person who claims knowledge of that answer would tell you a different story about […]
