KINGWOOD – The Preston County Board of Education moved this week’s meeting from Kingwood to the Bruceton School library. Superintendent of Schools Bradley Martin said he has received a written update from the board’s legal counsel Kayla Cook related to efforts to liquidate the Fellowsville School property. He said through her efforts a determination had […]
To submit an event for the calendar, email DPNews@DominionPost.com, with the subject line “EVENT.” Weekly pirohi sales St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, 201 E. Main St., Uniontown, holds weekly pirohi sales from September through May, with the exception of the weeks of major holidays. Potato cheese, sauerkraut and prune (lekvar) – frozen only. […]
Misleading information appeared in a story about the closure of Terra Cafe, published Tuesday. According to the Monongalia County Assessor’s Office, the building that houses Terra Cafe on Industrial Avenue in Star City is owned solely by Terra Cafe LLC, which paid $1,600,000 for the property on July 1, 2025. There is no record of […]
MORGANTOWN – Allison Patrick, a third-grade teacher at Eastwood Elementary School, recently traveled to Kenya as part of the West Virginia University Extension Service’s Adult Learner Study Abroad program, where she worked directly with students and educators while exploring global education, agriculture and community development. During the two-week experience, Patrick visited four primary schools in […]
By David Beard dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has given its conditional OK to Lake Lynn Generation regarding the extended closure of Milestone Point Beach at Cheat Lake Park by the Monongalia County Health Department. FERC also once again reviewed allegations leveled by the citizen group Save Cheat Lake and again told […]
FAIRMONT – Fostering literacy and critical thinking isn’t a 9-to-5 job. That’s why Tygart Valley United Way is signing on with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Parton, the Nashville entertainer, activist and entrepreneur who died last month, founded the program in 1995. The Imagination Library puts books in the hands of youngsters (free to them and […]
STAR CITY –- Olivia Tennant, former barista and college student, was sitting at home at 7 p.m. Sunday, when she got word that she had just lost her job at Terra Cafe at 425 Industrial Avenue. “We got a text from our manager who said, ‘Hey everyone, I’m frustrated and disappointed to have to tell […]
MORGANTOWN – With a July 1, 2027 deadline looming for the Monongalia County Health Department to be out of its current facilities and moved into its new home at White Birch Towers, time is of the essence. That window tightens considerably when you consider the estimated $10 million renovation project needed to prepare White Birch […]
MORGANTOWN – “I’m a competitive person,” Susan Riddle told The Dominion Post in July. Her comments came during a conversation about her decision to leave her “dream job” after a decade as executive director of the Visit Mountaineer Country CVB to become the Chief Executive Officer of Mylan Park. “I guess I never realized how […]
FAIRMONT – Fairmont State University wants to say hello to you all over again. “Meet Me on the Hill,” is the theme for this week’s Homecoming festivities at the school’s main campus, which sits on a wooded rise overlooking Locust Avenue in the Marion County city. The annual return to familiar environs is a reminder […]
