''The Dominion Post'' is the only commercial daily

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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

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's state

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of "Old Dominion", referencing the separation of

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from Virginia in 1863. While it dominates the local market, the ''Dominion Post'' has competition with the Fairmont '' Times-West Virginian'' in the rural counties surrounding Morgantown. As Morgantown is considered part of the

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television market, the ''Dominion Post'' has a news partnership with

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in Pittsburgh, serving as a second news partner to the station alongside the ''

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'', covering West Virginia topics for the station. The newspaper is owned by

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and his brother

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. John Raese was an unsuccessful

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candidate for the

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in 1984, 2006, and 2011 and for Governor in 1988. They also own the

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and its Metro News division, however, the two news operations do not share resources.

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''.

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".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dominion Post, The Newspapers published in West Virginia Companies based in Morgantown, West Virginia

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