KINGWOOD — Preston County Board of Education Member Robert “Mac” McCrum resigned his seat on the board Monday so that he can run for the State House of Delegates. McCrum […]
Local Government
Preston High School’s HOSA to host annual food drive
KINGWOOD — Preston High School’s Health and Occupation Students of America (HOSA) will conduct its annual food drive Friday through Nov. 15. Since 2009 Preston High’s allied health sciences instructor […]
WVU law professors voice opinions on impeachment inquiry
When Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election she was expected to win, anti-Trumpers began clamoring for his impeachment, even before he was inaugurated. The Mueller investigation and report didn’t […]
Morgantown City Council holds workshop on downtown issues
MORGANTOWN — “We’ve been on this journey before,” Morgantown City Manager Paul Brake said. “It’s a marathon. It’s not a sprint.” The first step of that marathon was taken Friday […]
Feds indict two Fla. men who donated to GOP Super PACs with WV ties
MORGANTOWN — Two Florida businessmen are facing federal charges for, among other things, making illegal donations to two Super PACs – one of them based in Morgantown – that raised […]
Newburg Council gives water project update
NEWBURG — The Independence water project could be sent out for bids soon. Mayor Edgar Fortney said nine of the 10 easements needed to begin the project have been signed. […]
Industrial hemp production sees a fourfold increase in West Virginia
MORGANTOWN — The stigmas and disinformation that has followed industrial hemp as an agricultural product are going up in smoke and West Virginia’s farmers are taking notice of the plant […]
Kingwood council seeks help tearing down dilapidated buildings
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Economic Development Authority is trying to help Kingwood with a dilapidated building downtown. Mayor Jean Guillot told council Tuesday the group agreed to look into […]
Negotiations over MUB’s water line through White Park ongoing
MORGANTOWN — After three-plus months of discussion spread across numerous public meetings, the Morgantown Utility Board, BOPARC and Morgantown City Council selected a route through White Park for a raw-water […]
Bloom says DOH mum on what’s been completed, what’s yet to come
MORGANTOWN — To paraphrase Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat, when you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. That quote, Monongalia County Commission President Tom Bloom explained, […]
