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Cleaning crew on the job

Mon Schools have teams ready to fight COVID-19 As Jay Davis was reaching up to pat his follicle-free pate, a grin was breaking out from underneath his facemask. “I’ve grown hair with this thing a couple of times,” he said, nodding in the direction of a very specific piece of ...

Kingwood to look into business signs

Wants to know how other entities handle requests KINGWOOD — A city council discussion about business signs, billboards and  permits resulted in a  decision to check similar ordinances in other towns. The discussion ensued after Shane Welton, owner of Hello Hospitality, asked ...

Ways to give ramps up on Giving Tuesday

Dec. 1 is a big day for nonprofit organizations across the United States and the rest of the world. The day is dubbed Giving Tuesday, which was created in 2012, and urges people to give back in a variety of ways. You may see many posts about it across social media, on news websites, and ...

Local newspaper making changes

This piece was originally published Sunday. We are reprinting it to ensure all readers see it. The Dominion Post will drop two daily print editions beginning Tuesday as it continues to beef up its online presence to adjust to readership changes and the pandemic economy. Publisher David ...

WVPT bringing ‘A Christmas Carol’ to an altered stage

“Bah, humbug,” said COVID-19. If 2020 were Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the role of unrepentant Scrooge would undoubtedly be played by the viral miser itself. But the show must go on. And for the West Virginia Public Theatre, go on it will. WVPT is preparing for a live reading ...

Experiences might be better than material things

OK, we’re in the midst of a pandemic and at the start of the holiday shopping season. Money is tight and the jobless rate is higher than normal because of COVID-19. So what should you do? How about giving the gift of experience, said Andrea Hoover, an agent with West Virginia ...