The Dominion Post (Morgantown)

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The Dominion Post
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The March 2, 2012 front page of The Dominion Post
Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s) Ogden Newspapers
PublisherRobert Pinarski
EditorCandace Wolf [1]
Photo editorRon Rittenhouse [2]
Founded1864 (1864) [3]
Headquarters1251 Earl L Core Road
Morgantown, West Virginia 26505
United States
Circulation 20,246(as of 2016) [4]
Website dominionpost.com

The Dominion Post is the only commercial daily newspaper in Morgantown, West Virginia. It formed from the merger of the Morgantown New Dominion and the Morgantown News into the Morgantown Dominion-News which, in turn, merged with the Morgantown Post. The term New Dominion was a reference to Virginia's state nickname of "Old Dominion", referencing the separation of West Virginia from Virginia in 1863.

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The Dominion Post has competition with the Fairmont Times-West Virginian in the rural counties surrounding Morgantown. As Morgantown is considered part of the Pittsburgh television market, the Dominion Post has a news partnership with KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, serving as a second news partner to the station alongside the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , covering West Virginia topics for the station.[ citation needed ]

History

The Dominion Post traces its roots to 1864 when The Morgantown Weekly Post was founded. In 1876, the other predecessor of the paper, The New Dominion was founded. In 1930, The New Dominion became The Dominion News. Around this time, the two papers formed the West Virginia Newspaper Publishing Company and consolidated their publishing operations. It was not until 1973 that the two papers officially merged and became The Dominion Post. [3]

Col. H.C. Greer bought the newspaper in 1923. When he died on August 5, 1948, ownership passed to his wife Agnes Jane Reeves Greer. She ran the paper until her death on October 21, 1972. The Dominion Post was then operated by brothers John Raese and David Raese. The paper was sold to Ogden Newspapers in 2024. [5] An Ogden executive said the sale will help the company's other papers in the state gain more direct access to coverage on West Virginia University. In return, The Dominion Post will get access to the Ogden's statewide pool of reporters. [6]

Online Edition

The Dominion Post had a free online edition available from 1996 until January 2005, when they switched to an online subscription for digital content. The Dominion Post's website, dominionpost.com, allows users to see and navigate the individual stories published by the newspaper as well as have access to a pdf version of the daily print edition they refer to as the "e-edition". [7]

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References

  1. "'I read it in the Dominion Post': Wolf excited for her leadership role at paper".
  2. "Contacting The Dominion Post by The Dominion Post" . Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  3. 1 2 "Mission Statement and History - About The Dominion Post by The Dominion Post" . Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  4. 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
  5. McElhinny, Brad (2024-09-11). "Morgantown's Dominion Post is bought by West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers". WV MetroNews. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  6. "Ogden plans a strong local news presence in Morgantown with Dominion Post purchase". WAJR (AM) . September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  7. "E-Edition". October 2019.

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