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Hope Gas files rate hike proposal with Public Service Commission

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Hope Gas filed with the Public Service Commission this week to increase its base rates. This is its first base rate case since 2020. Hope said in its April 30 announcement of the case that the impact will vary depending on whether the customer was ...

Wednesday’s fatal crash under investigation

MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Wednesday crash on Grafton Road that claimed the life of a Uniontown woman and injured three other people.  At 6 p.m. Wednesday, deputies were sent to the 2500 block of Grafton Road (U.S. 119) to respond to a ...

Some NIOSH personnel returning temporarily

MORGANTOWN — A number of furloughed scientists and researchers from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health are set to trod some familiar turf this morning.  They’re going back to work — at least temporarily. The scientists and researchers are part of the agency’s coal miner and firefighter safety divisions, Cathy Tinney-Zara said. Tinney-Zara is a NIOSH public health analyst and president of Local 3430 of the American Federation of Government Employees, the union representing the bulk of the targeted researchers and other employees. While she ...

Part of Morgantown sees power outage

MORGANTOWN – Part of the city was hit by a power outage Tuesday afternoon. The Mon Power outage page showed 1,941 of 49,869 customers without power. A call to the Mon Power outage line at 1 p.m. Gave an estimate of 4 p.m. To have power restored. Elsewhere in Monongalia County, the town ...

A look at bills that crossed the legislative finish line

MORGANTOWN – The 2025 legislative session wrapped up at midnight Saturday, and a number of bills we followed along the way completed their journeys. Most prominent among them is HB 3279. Over the objections of WVU and Marshall and others who said it addresses a problem that doesn't ...

Senate Holocaust education bill dies in the House – again

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Legislature is plowing through bills as it heads to close of session midnight Saturday, but the Senate bill to require Holocaust education in the public schools will once again remain on the shelf -- for the third year in a row. House Education ...