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Pace Enterprises plans expansion to Taylor County

PACE Enterprises, which helps people with disabilities find meaningful employment, is expanding into Taylor County. “Taylor County is not underserved; they’re unserved,” said Bob Pirner, director of development. That lack of opportunity for people with disabilities led the Taylor County Commission to form New Horizons to establish a facility that could help the county’s handicapped population, New Horizons President Buddy Haines said. “I think it’s gonna bring a lot of jobs and opportunities for the handicapped people in Taylor County,” Haines said of PACE’s expansion. ...

Mon Health System president and CEO talks the future ahead

Mon Health System President and CEO David Goldberg marked his one-year anniversary on the job last month and spent some time with The Dominion Post Editorial Board to look back and look ahead. “It has been invigorating to come back to Morgantown,” said the WVU alumnus. “The spirit ...

WVU engineers create liquid electricity able to be transported using existing infrastructure

Electricity is something rarely thought about — it’s expected to be there, flowing hundreds of feet overhead, powering every facet of daily life. But what if there weren’t giant towering power lines above and, instead, electricity flowed under our feet? Engineers in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University figured out exactly how to make this a reality. John Hu, Statler chair professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, alongside Debangsu Bhattacharyya, professor of chemical engineering, created ...

Couple found with drugs, guns; charged with child neglect

KINGWOOD — Two people were charged after a Masontown Police officer said he found them parked along the trail with drugs, guns and a child not dressed for the weather. Hayle M. Collingwood, 24, of Reedsville, was charged with child neglect creating substantial risk of death or serious injury. Alex Ryan Pyles, 25, of Tunnelton, was charged with possession of meth with intent to deliver, being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and the child neglect charge. Both were in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail Friday. Collingwood’s bond was set at $40,000 and Pyles’ at ...

Judge denies bond for man charged with first-degree murder, fears he may flee

KINGWOOD — Despite support from family and friends, Preston Circuit Judge Steve Shaffer refused to set bond Wednesday for Aaron Glenn Hoard, who is accused of killing Grant Felton Jr. on Nov. 3. In fact, all that support influenced his decision against bond, the judge said at the conclusion ...

County opts out of negotiations with opiate companies

Monongalia County has opted out of a first-of-its-kind national negotiating class aimed at consolidating lawsuits against opiate manufacturers and distributors. At the urging of legal counsel, the commission on Wednesday voted to refuse participation in any negotiations made possible by a recent ruling from U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, of Cleveland, aimed at consolidating thousands of lawsuits in order to encourage settlements. According to national reporting on the issue, it would be presumed that any municipalities and counties that didn’t opt out of the national ...