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Trick-or-treat times, themed events to fill out your holiday schedule

’Tis the season for costumed, spooky fun and candy-filled festivities. To help make planning your holiday fun easier, The Dominion Post is gathering information on area trick-or-treat times, trunk-or-treat events, business celebrations and more. To submit your Halloween happenings, ...

Morgantown business Apis Creative wins $260K NIH grant

Submitted to The Dominion Post Apis Creative, a small, woman-owned creative services agency in Morgantown, was recently awarded a $259,610 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of ...

MUB support for industrial park bridge project comes with concerns

MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Utility Board fully supports the West Virginia Division of Highways plan to build a new road and bridge connecting U.S. 119 to the Morgantown Industrial Park.  The utility "appreciates the importance of the bridge project to our community." But it ...

Bartlett Housing Solutions increases capacity for the winter months

Bartlett Housing Solutions, the city’s leading organization for homeless services, announced Thursday that it will increase bed capacity by 12 beds to provide additional shelter resources for those who are experiencing homelessness in Morgantown. As the temperatures begin to drop and there is no alternative warming shelter in place, administration at Bartlett Housing Solutions presented several options to address the need. Chief Executive Officer, Keri DeMasi said, “many community partners have been meeting for close to a year to identify a viable and responsible plan for a ...

Every quilt has a story

Quilts made in or residing in West Virginia and made before 1975 can be documented for future generations during the upcoming Mountaineer Week. Documentation will be held Nov. 4-5 in the Cathedral Room in the Mountainlair. The documentation days are part of an ongoing effort to record West Virginia’s quilt artistry and history. The West Virginia Quilt Documentation Project is sponsored by West Virginia Quilters Inc. — the state-wide quilting guild — in collaboration with the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. The quilt documentation is free, but quilt owners need ...

Friends of the Cheat to host free State of the Watershed event in Morgantown

Friends of the Cheat (FOC) will host its State of the Watershed event from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 26 at the new 123 Pleasant Street Co-op Venue, 131 Pleasant St., Morgantown. The evening begins a year of special events in celebration of FOC’s 30th anniversary in 2024. The State of the Watershed event is an opportunity for community members to explore Friends of the Cheat’s mission and goals, as well as the multiple programs and projects that FOC manages. Attendees will learn about FOC’s ongoing acid mine drainage (AMD) remediation work, new Aquatic Organism Passage projects, ...