Breaking News

TAG: rock slide

Watching out for falling rocks

WVU engineers seek ways to prevent them on rural roads WVU Today Drivers on winding West Virginia roads often encounter road damage caused by rockfalls, even if they aren’t present when the rocks tumble down the hillside. West Virginia University researchers hope to cut down on ...

Second WVU student injured in rock slide sues

One of those injured in last February's rock slide on Monongahela Boulevard has sued the West Virginia University Board of Governors. Maceon Wheeler was a passenger on the PRT when a rock slide that originated on WVU property rolled down the hillside and "violently crashed into and through ...

A look back at cops and courts stories in 2020

Some of the most memorable stories on the cops and courts beat in 2020 happened before the words pandemic and COVID-19 were part of our daily lives with February being an exceptionally eventful month. In January, a jury found Elizabeth Chinn, 35, guilty of the murder of Timothy Pahl, ...

Two sue over rock slide injuries

Two of the people injured in a February rock slide that left boulders on Monongahela Boulevard and the PRT track have filed lawsuits against the West Virginia University Board of Governors. Susan D. Cramer and Chloe Bolin are both represented by Dino Colombo, who filed the suits this week ...

Stabilizing the Boulevard

Work aims to stop future rock slides that pose danger to passing motorists on roadway Newsroom@DominionPost.com Workers with GeoStabilization International — a  geohazard mitigation company that operates throughout the United States and Canada — continue to work on the hillside ...

  • 1
  • 2