Newsroom@DominionPost.com Monday was the fifth National Vietnam War Veterans Day. In 2012, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation declaring March 29 to be Vietnam Veterans Day in […]
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Persistence pays off: local Girl Scout earns Gold Award
MORGANTOWN — Persistence was key for Caitlyn Costello when taking on the project that earned her the Girl Scout’s Gold Award. “I was relieved, and then I […]
DAR gives Valentines to area veterans
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Veterans in several of the area nursing homes were remembered with Valentines sponsored by the Hagans-Evans Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. Brenda Fisher, chairman […]
Wreaths across America
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Wreaths Across America is a national effort that grew thanks to a simple picture of wreaths laid at soldiers’ graves covered with snow at Arlington National […]
Vietnam veterans work to erect memorial
KINGWOOD — Preston County’s Vietnam veterans are working with county commissioners to erect a memorial on county property. Vietnam veterans James Savage and Bill Benson addressed the […]
79th anniversary of Pearl Harbor
University marks bombing with annual remembrance at USS W.Va. mast and bell Newsroom@DominionPost.com Keynote speaker Andrew Chancey did not attend WVU’s remembrance ceremony commemorating the 79th anniversary […]
Local Air Force veteran applies skills to business
by Olivia Murrayomurray@dominionpost.com For five years, Nick Lambie served as a U.S. Air Force weapons director. He controlled tanker and fighter aircraft and executed missions — tasks […]
‘Somewhere to go’
Facing dwindling numbers already, VFW vets have new enemy: COVID-19 On a chilly Wednesday afternoon in November, six days before Veterans Day 2014, Tom Mathews bellied up […]
MCHD to provide flu shots, COVID-19 testing at Mylan Park Thursday
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Because of Veterans Day, Monongalia County Health Department’s weekly free COVID-19 testing will be from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday. And because flu vaccines also will be […]
Rotary District 7545 establishes statewide veterans initiative
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Rotary District 7545 announced the establishment of a new statewide veterans support initiative to support West Virginia Veterans. The initiative is expected to result in one […]