MORGANTOWN – Vandalia Health will host a nursing expo Sept. 23, in Fairmont to connect current nursing students and recent graduates with career opportunities at Vandalia Health hospitals across West Virginia. Nurses represent West Virginia’s largest healthcare profession and serve on the front lines of patient care. The demand for registered nursing services continues to […]
MORGANTOWN – Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia Inc. announces the establishment of the Jennifer Powell Book Fund, a new endowment created to support West Virginia University College of Law students. Established through YCF as the Class Gift of the WVU College of Law Class of 2026, the Jennifer Powell Book Fund will […]
Will Green has been appointed interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the WVU Foundation. Green joined the Foundation in 2024, serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer. In addition to his time at the WVU Foundation, Will brings over 20 years of senior executive experience in fundraising in both health care from […]
BRIDGEPORT – Pierpont Community & Technical College, in partnership with the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and the West Virginia Community & Technical College System, will break ground Sept. 30 on a new Aviation Maintenance Technology Educational Facility at the West Virginia AeroTech Park. The ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. at the […]
MORGANTOWN – A pair of rivals sit atop the inaugural 2026 WVSSAC High School Football Playoff Ratings, with Morgantown and University sharing the No. 1 spot after three weeks of play. Both the Hawks and Mohigans have opened the current campaign 3-0, and have enjoyed some comfortable victories. The two teams have combined to score […]
CHARLESTON – Members of the West Virginia Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Finance were updated Tuesday on the latest regarding general revenue fund tax collections and federal Rural Health Transformation grants on the last day of interim meetings. Department of Revenue Cabinet Secretary Eric Nelson and Deputy Secretary Pete Shirley said gains in the collections […]
MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia University Board of Governors has taken an initial step toward the construction of a new Health Sciences Center education building. During its Sept. 11 meeting, the board approved a project budget for the design phases of what’s anticipated to be a 120,000 square-foot standalone facility, “to support the continued growth […]
MORGANTOWN – Two Morgantown business owners have been named by law enforcement in a national sweep targeting COVID-era loan fraud. On Tuesday, the Northern District of West Virginia announced the sentencing and plea agreement as part of a nationwide enforcement action led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, the Small Business Administration, and […]
By David Beard dbeard@dominionpost.com CLARKSBURG – FBI employees assembled in the Criminal Justice Information Services Division auditorium Tuesday morning to honor Michael Walsh with their 2025 Director’s Community Leadership Award. Walsh is director of security and campus services at Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center, and at Vandalia’s Marion and Harrison hospitals. Tim Ferguson, FBI assistant […]
MORGANTOWN – Touting “Mountaineer momentum,” WVU President Michael Benson offered a bit of a progress report Monday during his second State of the University address. “We are in a state of intentional forward motion,” he said during the roughly 30-minute address offered prior to the WVU Faculty Senate meeting at the WVU College of Law. […]
