KINGWOOD — Almost 10,000 people are expected to attend a music festival at Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown on Sept. 16-18. The Preston County Commission voted in favor […]
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Morgantown, MUB, Mountain Line weigh in on mandates
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Communications Director Andrew Stacy said Thursday there is no plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for city employees. That doesn’t necessarily mean one isn’t coming. Stacy […]
Bid for Sisler Street accepted
KINGWOOD — Kingwood City Council received three bids for its Sisler Street paving project, and voted 4-2 to accept Stone Paving’s bid of $81,650. Parrotta Paving submitted […]
Preston Commission to discuss spending CARES money in upcoming work session
The Preston County Commission will start discussing how to spend about $240,000 in CARES Act reimbursements at a work session Aug. 31. At its most recent meeting […]
Justice: Not quite ready for a mask mandate but creeping closer
MORGANTOWN — The COVID numbers keep climbing, and mandates are creeping closer, but Gov. Justice and his team are still clinging to hope that the holdouts will […]
Council amends, adopts MUB’s water, sewer rate increases
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council approved water, sewer and stormwater rate increases for customers of the Morgantown Utility Board on Tuesday, but it took some doing. Council […]
Preston Commission seeks to fill board spots
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Commission needs community members to fill open spots on two separate boards. The Public Service District 4 Board spot must be filled […]
Preston BOE “highly recommends” but doesn’t mandate masks to start school year
The Preston County Board of Education’s unanimous vote to not require students to wear masks when they start the 2021-2022 school year on Wednesday was met with […]
Justice: Bureaucratic hurdles delay launch of vaccine booster effort
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice expressed frustration over federal bureaucratic delays in getting out vaccines boosters as West Virginia’s active cases passed 10,000 and breakthrough cases surge. […]
Job fair coming to Preston County
KINGWOOD — There will be lots of opportunities for employment Sept. 9 at the second job fair hosted by the Preston County Chamber of Commerce and the […]