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VMCCVB to launch ‘Tourism Talks’

This month, the Visit Mountaineer Country Convention and Visitors Bureau (VMCCVB) welcomed two new staff members. Joe Vessecchia, operations manager, and Tami Wood, group sales manager. These staff additions coincide with the retirement of Kay Fanok, assistant executive director and conference, sports and group sales manager, who has spent the last eight years with the organization and more than 25 years in the hospitality industry. This week, the VMCCVB will launch a “Tourism Talks” engagement series to provide just-in-time tourism resources to the organization’s partners. The ...

Residents admitted for COVID reach pandemic high

As the state’s COVID-19 team has warned was likely in the last several briefings, West Virginia has officially hit its highest number of residents hospitalized with the virus to date — 1,043. The previous peak saw 1,012 people admitted with the disease. Even more concerned, said ...

Newsroom employees recall 9/11 experiences

PQueen@DominionPost.com It’s been 20 years and the memories of Sept. 22, 2001, remain. When the first plane struck the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, I had been with The Dominion Post for 13 years. It was a Tuesday and most of us had started our day at 8:30 a.m., so we were ...

West Virginia prepares for heavy rain following Hurricane Ida

West Virginia is gearing up for heavy rainfall and flooding as the remnants of Hurricane Ida make their way into the region. “It's already a wet month,” Paul Walker, AccuWeather senior meteorologist, said. “That, on top of this rain, is what leaves us to have great concern for ...

Soon-to-be Wicked Water Saloon catches fire

MORGANTOWN — The back of an upcoming Morgantown business, the Wicked Water Saloon, caught fire Tuesday afternoon. The Saloon, at 350 East Brockway Ave., is a soon-to-be bar and restaurant that owners planned to open in the coming weeks. Morgantown Fire Department Lt. Brian Izzo said the ...