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Report: 13 WV rural hospitals at risk for closure

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A recent report by the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform predicts that 13 rural West Virginia hospitals are in danger of closure, with five of those 13 at immediate risk of closing in the next two to three years. The report – ...

WVU students, GOP leaders turn out to pay tribute to Charlie Kirk

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has sparked tributes and vigils across the nation and around the world. And Monday evening, the WVU chapter of the organization Kirk founded – Turning Point USA – held a candlelight ...

Two Hope Gas rate-hike proposals make progress at PSC

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Public Service Commission has held a hearing and set a deadline for the parties to wrap up negotiations on Hope Gas' rate-hike proposal for its Pipeline Replacement and Expansion Program – PREP. And Hope also has before the PSC its 2025 ...

Fairmont Police looking for man involved in shooting

FAIRMONT — The Fairmont Police Department is looking for a maninvolved in a shooting that occurred early Monday. The suspect is Antonio Marquise Evans, a 29-year-old Black male. He’s 6’2” tall,190 pounds. Police said Evans had an exchange of gunfire with another man on Spence ...

A look at MARL and PJM's B3800 project series

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – An error in a Potomac Edison filing with the state Public Service Commission briefly led to public belief that two separate transmission line projects– Potomac Edison's and NextEra Energy Transmission's – were a single project. FirstEnergy ...

UPDATE: I-68 to partially open

A tractor-trailer accident closed I-68 in both directions Friday. West Virginia Division of Highways confirmed that one lane in either direction will open at about 3 p.m. The rig wrecked shortly before 6 a.m. near the 18.5 mile marker. Emergency crews confirmed that an unknown chemical, ...