MORGANTOWN — Delegate Evan Hansen, D-Monongalia, will be conducting a video conference for students on the topic climate change from 10:30-11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24. The conference will take place […]
Local Government
Preston Commissioners hear of need for drug, mental health services for residents
KINGWOOD — Addiction recovery options for Prestonians are limited, but work is being done to expand them, Preston County Commissioners learned Monday. Commissioners Dave Price, Don Smith and Samantha Stone […]
Business owners ask city for help in addressing issues downtown
MORGANTOWN — A handful of downtown business owners are asking the city for help in dealing with what they see as an epidemic of homelessness, loitering, substance abuse and criminal […]
Preston gets $65,000 grant to buy “extreme terrain” rescue vehicle
KINGWOOD — Neither snow, nor brush nor high water will be as great obstacles to Preston emergency services, once the county receives its MuddTrax. For several years, County OEM/911 Director […]
MUB, BOPARC, city ‘pretty close’ to White Park pipeline agreement
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Utility Board General Manager Tim Ball said MUB, the city of Morgantown and BOPARC are “pretty close” to reaching a licensing agreement that would allow MUB to […]
Preston native returns to open chiropractic practice
KINGWOOD — After years away, chiropractor Charles Morris has returned to his hometown to practice. “I grew up in Kingwood,” Morris said. “Bill and Ruby Morris were my parents.” Morris […]
Planning commission recommends replacing the city’s zoning map
MORGANTOWN — A “herculean effort,” as described by one member of the Morgantown Planning Commission, has produced a complete overhaul of the city’s zoning map ready for presentation to Morgantown […]
DEP OKs construction permit for coal-to-liquids plant in Mason County
MORGANTOWN — The state Department of Environmental Protection has greenlighted construction of a coal-to-liquids plant in Mason County. Domestic Synthetic Fuels says its plant will employ direct coal-to-liquids technology to […]
Preston Health Department joins Hep C research group
KINGWOOD – The Preston County Health Department (PCHD) has joined a focus Hep C project. According to Board of Health Director V.J. Davis, a grant from Gilead, a research company […]
Congressional funding bills include possible raise for NETL
The federal fiscal year starts Oct. 1 and appropriations bills are making their way through Congress. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee and highlighted on […]
