President Biden announced that Ryan Thorn was appointed Rural Development state director in West Virginia. He officially assumed this role Monday. State directors serve as the chief executive officer of rural development in the states and territories and are tasked with carrying out the ...
MORGANTOWN — There were more than a few times last year when Brian Kiehl didn’t know where his next meal was coming from. At least that was how it seemed for the nutrition director of Monongalia County schools. When schools were shuttered last year due to the pandemic, that move ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is seeking proposals through June 21 for On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials. On-Farm Trials, part of the agency’s Conservation Innovation Grant program, feature collaboration be-tween NRCS and partners to ...
Rabies vaccine program has proven successful Newsroom@DominionPost.com Even though two cases of rabies popped up in late September in Monongalia County for the first time in 2020, rabies vaccine baiting conducted in 2019 seems to have been successful. “Not all ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Charlie Benson came face-to-face with one of the two cases of rabid animals that occurred in late September in Monongalia County — the only two that have happened in 2020. Benson, who lives on Old Cheat Road, said a groundhog “ran at me from ...
KINGWOOD — The Preston County office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) could be moving into a new, modern building in October. The building, made of precast concrete, is being built by Jennings Legacy Builders LLC and is located at 75 James Preston Place in Kingwood, behind ...