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Enhanced WVABLE aids financial freedom for people with disabilities

MORGANTOWN — Representatives of WVU’s School of Medicine and the state treasurer’s office assembled at WVU Friday morning to celebrate recent enhancements to a state program that allows people with disabilities to make financial investments to ensure independent, healthy living. The ...

Planning Director Wood to retire in May, county close to hiring successor

MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Ed Hawkins said the county has submitted an  offer to a prospective new director of the county’s planning office. While Hawkins said the county’s proposal was “favorably reviewed,” the hire has not yet been finalized. A special meeting  is scheduled for 6 p.m. on April 9 in the planning office’s conference room —  Room 110, on the first floor of the Monongalia County Courthouse. The only issue on the agenda is the hiring of a new director. The process of filling the job began in January, when Richard Wood, the county’s ...

Proposed EQT royalty suit settlement totals $53.5 million

MORGANTOWN — If the federal judge approves the settlement, EQT will pay $53.5 million to conclude the natural gas royalty civil suit known as Kay. The Dominion Post obtained a copy of the settlement proposal following publication of Thursday’s story on Kay and two related suits — ...

West Virginia scores late to defeat Pitt 5-4

GRANVILLE — The largest crowd in West Virginia baseball history had dwindled considerably by the time reliever Zach Ottinger faced a crucial jam late in a tie game. Pitt’s Gregory Ryan led off the seventh with a triple, and Ottinger, a freshman from Marietta, Ga., was ...