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Galactic Panther Opens

New gallery, shop serves two community needs: Supporting artists and feeding the hungry by Olivia Murrayomurray@dominionpost.com WESTOVER — A new combination art gallery and gift shop has opened in Westover, and its owner’s intentions are to serve his community in more ways than ...

Landmark transplant patient is on the mend

Nark “K.D.” Kumaravelan, the Morgantown restaurateur who underwent a landmark heart and kidney transplant last month at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, didn’t have it quite right, the people who know him say. They’ve even been paying up because of it. More on that. First, ...

Giving is the best present

Powersports gives early gift to local teen who battles cancer The nurses at St. Jude’s would always laugh at the T-shirt Colby Simkovic wore to his chemotherapy treatments last summer. “I love Jesus,” the shirt read. “But I cuss a little.”  “His aunt bought that,” ...

Firefighter retires after 24 years of service

Lt. Brian Jones is proud of his last six months as a Morgantown firefighter. He’s proud of the other 24 years too, but the COVID-19 pandemic made the last six months different and sometimes frustrating with the added worry of what you might be exposed to, he said. And Jones, 57, did ...

Quarantine Kitchen: marinated calamari

Skip the fryer — enjoy this savory squid on toasty bread Food@DominionPost.com   In The Dominion Post’s ongoing Wednesday feature, Quarantine Kitchen, we highlight dishes prepared by readers, staffers and chefs at our local restaurants in an effort to keep us connected ...

Find new traditions, even with a donkey

 Somehow, I managed to exist until this year without hearing the Christmas song, “Dominick the Donkey.”   Because I love Christmas, Christmas songs (of basically all genres), and donkeys I became an instant fan of the song. Curious if it is based on any actual ...