The 81st Buckwheat Festival Royalty Court features First Maid of Honor Piper Slinka-Petka and her escort, runner-up to King Buckwheat Alex Burns. Slinka-Petka competed for a position on the Buckwheat […]
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81st Buckwheat Festival’s Second Maid of Honor and Escort reflect on past memories of the festival
The 81st Buckwheat Festival Royalty Court features Second Maid of Honor Marli Phillips and her escort, Evan Keech. Phillips ran for the Buckwheat Festival Royalty Court after past involvement with […]
Annual Buckwheat Festival kicks off next weekend
KINGWOOD — The first Preston County Buckwheat festival was held in 1938 as a way to promote the local buckwheat industry. Buckwheat had been a staple crop since the early […]
Terra Alta Civic Club installs new 2023-24 officers
The Terra Alta Civic Club held its monthly September meeting and installation of officers. The Club’s new 2023-24 officers are: co-presidents, Pat Greaser and Norleen Hoadley; co-vice presidents, Jenni Mills […]
PSC still awaits 70 late replies to fire hydrant survey sent to water utilities in June
MORGANTOWN — Cities and towns across the state continue to trickle in their responses to the state Public Service Commission’s fire hydrant safety survey — well after the original July […]
Taking flight to a career: Morgantown airport to host ‘Young Eagles Day’ Sept. 30 for children and teens interested in aviation
Dayton and Kittyhawk may have had Wilbur and Orville — but Morgantown and Monongalia County had Ben Garrison. Garrison, as local lore goes, was a magnificent young man in a […]
‘I went to these concerts when I was a kid’: Summit Chamber Music Series founder wants concerts to be a family tradition
Sunmi Chang knows the score. The music performed by Chang, the artistic director of the Summit Chamber Music Series in Morgantown, isn’t just about listening. It’s about living, too, […]
Kaddar dedicates Eagle Scout service project to Tree of Life Congregation
MORGANTOWN — Daniel Kaddar always knew he was going to be an Eagle Scout. So he’s had plenty of time to ponder the service project that would be the […]
Morgantown Ice Arena inspection yields positive news; BOPARC $3.5M in the black
MORGANTOWN — BOPARC Executive Director Melissa Wiles said she recently received some good news regarding the Morgantown Ice Arena. As a result of a $15,400 contract with Omni Architects approved […]
Naloxone, free fentanyl test strips, knowledge given for free
Members of the Monongalia County Quick Response Team (QRT) and volunteers were kept busy handing out naloxone and fentanyl test strips on Thursday as part of the QRT’s fifth Save […]
