KINGWOOD — One Preston County student received a boost to her college fund last week. Molly Dalton, a 14-year-old from Kingwood, was the lucky winner of $15,000 Smart 529 Fund […]
Government
WV First Foundation continues foundational work
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia First Foundation, the organization that will distribute nearly $1 billion of opioid settlement funds, has adopted a mission statement and 11 guiding principles, but a […]
PSC staff recommend tiny rate hike in one of two cases for area Cardinal Gas customers
MORGANTOWN – Cardinal Natural Gas customers in Monongalia, Preston, Marion and Harrison counties are awaiting Public Service Commission decisions on two rate-hike proposals. One is an overall base rate case […]
Sen. Capito announces funds for Preston County water project
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. […]
Teen’s death brings up concerns about homeschooling guidelines
Investigators say Kyneddi Miller had not attended school since late 2019 or 2020 and hadn’t been outside the house more than a couple of times in the last four years. […]
HEPC approves measure to double state needs-grant for eligible students
SOUTH CHARLESTON — The state Higher Education Policy Commission approved a doubling of the maximum award for the West Virginia Higher Education Grant at the commission’s meeting Friday held in […]
PSC pushes back first meeting of task force created to recommend best practices for utility/cable service outage notifications
MORGANTOWN — The Public Service Commission responded quickly to a PSC staff request to postpone the meeting date for the utility and cable service outages task force. The PSC created […]
Changes advised as probe of complaints about charter school is completed
The executive director of the board overseeing charter schools in the state today described concluding an investigation of practices at West Virginia Academy, one of the state’s original charter schools […]
Star City looking to fill upcoming vacancy on town council
STAR CITY — Longtime Star City Town Council member Todd Gregg has informed the town that despite being reelected to council in last month’s municipal election, he will not serve […]
DOH announces road-paving projects using $150M in surplus funds; Mon, Preston, Marion listed here
MORGANTOWN — The state Division of Highways has released a list of road-paving projects planned, using $150 million in surplus funds appropriated by the Legislature during its May special session. […]
