KINGWOOD — Plans are going forward for the 79th Annual Preston County Buckwheat Festival, but the coronavirus has made planning more difficult. “We’re still hopeful,” of proceeding with the event, […]
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Annual FFA show forced to move online
Bidding starts at $8 per pound, bids cut off at 8 p.m. Friday KINGWOOD — Bidding for the 2020 Preston County FFA Ham and Bacon Show will be online this […]
City: No violations in Greenmont gatherings
If social media was to be believed, Morgantown’s Greenmont neighborhood was home to several large house parties over the weekend. “The ‘parties’ were individuals sitting on their porches drinking and […]
Preston restaurants find community support
Many stay open to serve to-go meals and help feed the county’s school children KINGWOOD — Preston County restaurant owners said they are receiving community support as they stay open […]
Half of Preston students to get fed
Parents can sign up now for next week’ s meal deliveries KINGWOOD — On Wednesday, nearly half of Preston County’s 4,300 students will receive delivery of meals for the next […]
No new cases at Sundale
Area continues to be generous with food donations Testing for COVID-19 was completed on residents and staff at Sundale Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care in Morgantown. And there have been no […]
Preston County food pantries continue to provide
KINGWOOD — All 11 Preston County food pantries are still here to help, according to Tammy Laney, coordinator of Food for Preston. “This past weekend, we served 261 people through […]
WVU uses skills, resources of campus to battle pandemic
MORGANTOWN — A fashion designer stops creating clothing and turns her skills into making surgical masks. Cloth that might have been the mask for the Phantom of the Opera, instead […]
No idle hands here: How Prestonians stay busy while isolating
KINGWOOD — With the coronavirus closing bars, restaurants, movie theaters and other non-essential businesses, people have a lot more free time on their hands. Although social distancing has confined people […]
Home cleaning in the age of coronavirus
With many of us working from home or self-quarantining, we’re all probably doing a little more cleaning than usual during this ongoing pandemic. So that begs the questions, are we […]
