Picture the Hough Park swimming pool in Mannington, Marion County. It’s one of those glorious, Technicolor summer days in the middle of the 20th century. Marco Polo and cannonball […]
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Burlington, HomeGoods among stores coming to WestRidge Commons
MORGANTOWN — HomeGoods. Ross Dress for Less. Burlington. Shoe Carnival. PetSmart. According to information provided by WestRidge, all five national retailers are under lease and coming to WestRidge Commons in […]
Who is paying for rising jail costs?
Regional jail costs have risen. Read more about the cost to Mon and Preston counties and what officials think could ease the burden HERE By Will Dean and Kathy Plum […]
Workforce WV offers public an explanation
Unemployment claims have risen 3,500% since March by Olivia Murrayomurray@dominionpost.com For some unemployed locals, getting the benefits they need to stay financially afloat during the pandemic has been more sink […]
BOE votes for blended learning
KINGWOOD — Preston County students will return to school Jan. 25 on a blended schedule in school two days a week, the board of education decided Friday. The board said […]
Remembering a legend
Many, including VP Pence, celebrate Gen. Chuck Yeager By Brad McElhinnyBrad.McElhinny@wvradio.com Americans, including Vice President Mike Pence, remembered a West Virginia legend whose many legendary accomplishments can only be summed […]
American tumult has global impact
News of Trump-inspired mobs ransacking the U.S. Capitol last week reverberated worldwide, alarming allies and delighting adversaries as it inverted the concept of American exceptionalism. “We currently witness an attack […]
Guest essay: Nation at its best when government serves the people
by JB McCuskey Where do we go from here? Our country is very clearly at a tipping point. The events of the last month have shown that we, in many […]
Can new spymaster turn around CIA?
by Chris Whipple Abused, insulted and threatened for four years by Donald Trump, who once compared the intelligence community to “Nazi Germany,” the Central Intelligence Agency is the institutional version […]
Mon’s students are struggling with remote learning, too
At the height of the Monongalia County Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, Nancy Walker raised her hand for a question that reverberated from Morgantown to Charleston and back again. […]
