NEWBURG — An underground mine fire in southern Preston County “likely” jumped the barrier installed two years ago by the State Department of Environmental Protection. The DEP plans to seek bids this year on another project to contain it. Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation Chief Rob ...
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council’s 6th Ward race features two Morgantown natives — Dave Harshbarger, a newcomer to the council scene, and Jay Redmond, a former council member participating in his fourth election cycle. Harshbarger recently sat with The Dominion Post Editorial Board ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s offense demonstrated itself to be a work in progress in the Gold-Blue spring game, and it will likely require plenty of work in August camp for progress to be realized. “I think it was a typical spring game,” said first-year coach Neal Brown. “I ...
MORGANTOWN — Sophomore linebacker Jake Abbott was presented with the Tommy Nicklovich Award prior to Saturday’s spring game. The award has been presented annually since 1991 to the West Virginia walk-on who distinguishes himself through “attitude and work ethic” each spring. It ...
At the head of the West Virginia Northern Rail Trail Saturday, Preston County Parks and Recreation Commission hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the first mile of the West Virginia Northern Trail, also called the Tunnelton Mile. With $12,000 in funds raised, the mile-long stretch was ...
CHARLESTON – Three audits in recent months have taken the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to task for not providing enough oversight of disaster relief dollars from taxpayers as they flow from the federal government to local, recovering communities. The one that hit home most directly was a state auditor’s investigation that revealed the City of Richwood mishandled up to $3.1 million in federal flood relief. That report resulted in multiple embezzlement charges and questioned whether the federal government might consider drawing back the ...
