David Beard

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Cancer patients, cancer survivors, their supports and families and caregivers lit lanterns of white, red and gold Thursday evening for the 2026 Light the Night procession WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s Hospital, the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute and Ruby Memorial Hospital. Light the Night was put on by Golisano Children’s and the […]

dbeard@dominionpost.com The WVU Heart & Vascular Institute celebrated its 10th anniversary Friday afternoon – as leaders and staff gathered to enjoy refreshments and reflect on what they’ve accomplished. Emcee Hoppy Kercheval talked about how HVI has grown. “You had humble beginnings, but in a relatively short period of time, you’ve become a world leader in […]

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito joined WVU leaders Wednesday morning to cut the ribbon on the renovated and modernized School of Dentistry. The ribbon cutting marked the completion of the $12.6 Phase 1 of the project, bringing new orthodontic, pediatric and dental group practice clinics into the Health Sciences site, along with a Dental […]

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Fair opened its 2026 Youth Livestock Auction Saturday afternoon with a brief ceremony to celebrate the construction and opening of the first building at its new permanent home. The building will serve as one of the livestock barns. The fair announced that it has been named the Kent Saul […]

MORGANTOWN – PJM Interconnection is seeking federal approval for a plan to deal with the power demands of data centers and other “Large Loads.” PJM – the 13-state regional power grid operator – submitted its proposal for an Interim Resource Adequacy Service (IRAS) and a Large Load Registry to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on […]

BRUCETON MILLS – NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic presented a $30,000 grant to the Bruceton Brandonville Volunteer Fire Department Wednesday afternoon to help the VFD buy life-saving extraction equipment. VFD Chief John Vincent said the money will go toward a set of battery-operated Hurst brand Jaws of Life, a set of battery-operated TNT Rescue extrication tools […]

WVU leads Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure Consortium chosen to invest $321M for energy security projects

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Letters and testimony supporting the Mon Power/Potomac Edison plan to build a combined cycle gas plant at their Fort Martin site came in to the Public Service […]

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Following last week’s closure of Milestone Point Beach at Cheat Lake Park by the Monongalia County Health Department, the citizen group Save Cheat Lake has renewed its […]

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The WVU Board of Governors approved tuition and fee hikes for Fiscal Year 2027 during its Friday meeting. Resident undergraduate students will see their tuition and fees […]