MORGANTOWN – New WVU President Michael Benson’s term will begin July 15 and run through June 30, 2030, according to his contract, provided by WVU to The Dominion Post. His […]
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Michael T. Benson, of Coastal Carolina University, will be WVU’s next president
MORGANTOWN – WVU announced on Monday morning that Michael T. Benson, currently president of Coastal Carolina University, will be WVU’s next president, its 27th. His employment term will start July […]
West Virginia offers president’s job to Coastal Carolina’s Michael Benson
Coastal Carolina University President Michael Benson has been extended an offer to become West Virginia University’s next president, where he would be tasked with reversing decade-long declining enrollment at the […]
WVU RNI performs first in-human stroke treatment using new catheter system
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – In the ever-evolving quest to improve treatment for stroke victims, WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute recently performed the first in-human procedure using a new technology to treat strokes […]
Breaking the ice: BOPARC ice arena project officially underway
MORGANTOWN — It was January 26, 2017. Hockey players and figure skaters sat with their parents beside curious community members, the BOPARC board and staff – and at least one […]
WVU Medicine Children’s Gala raises funds for new 10th floor clinic
MORGANTOWN – The event center at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place turned into a jungle Saturday evening. A life-size elephant sculpture greeting the people entering the lobby – men […]
University Town Centre lights coming online early next week
The years-long effort to place traffic lights at two dangerous University Town Centre intersections is coming to an end Granville Mayor Patty Lewis told The Dominion Post that the tentative […]
Star City requesting urgent assistance from the WVDOH
Star City Public Works Director Phillip Davis isn’t typically one to say, “I told you so.” But the truth of the matter is, he did tell them so. Two years […]
House food dye ban bill advances, heads for passage; two preservatives added
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates will take up a bill to ban a handful of synthetic dyes from foods sold in West Virginia starting Monday. Current code bans added […]
House committee ponders two foster care bills: vaccines and LGBTQ issues
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The full House Health and Human Resources Committee got a first look at two foster care bills – one regarding LGBTQ issues and one regarding vaccines. The […]










