KINGWOOD — Kingwood Council was pleased to see business license applications this week but wrestled with whether all the owners’ requests met code. Council approved licenses for On the Go […]
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MARS robotics group addresses county commission
MORGANTOWN — The kids of Mountaineer Area RoboticS, or MARS, are great at two things — spreading the gospel of STEM and building some really cool stuff. Three things, actually, […]
Urban archery hunt under new leadership for 2019 harvest
MORGANTOWN — Eight years, 794 deer, 7,235 pounds of donated venison, zero incidents. For Rick Bebout and Paul Crumrine — respectively the former and current organizers of Morgantown’s annual urban […]
Preston County offices working on cyber security
KINGWOOD — County offices in Preston passed the first cyber security test with good marks, County Network Specialist William “Biff” Armstrong reported Monday. County commissioners earlier agreed to pay IT […]
Fire at former Preston County rehab center deemed suspicious
KINGWOOD — The cause of a fire that destroyed the administration building of a former youth drug treatment center is under investigation. The Olympia Center, located off W.Va. 7 west […]
Buckwheat Festival named a Top 20 Event by tourism society
KINGWOOD — The Southeast Tourism Society (STS) named the Preston County Buckwheat Festival a Top 20 Event for September 2019. According to its website, STS promotes and develops tourism in […]
MUB gets green light from DEP on White Park pipeline after soil tests
MORGANTOWN — The office in charge of environmental remediation with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has given the Morgantown Utility Board the green light to proceed with a […]
City does not intend to review candidate petition question
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Communications Manager Andrew Stacy said the city does not intend to further review city council candidate nominating petitions in light of concerns raised by a write-in candidate […]
City, agency moving forward with acquisition of 430 Spruce Street
MORGANTOWN — Looking to accommodate the relocation of personnel during ongoing renovations of the Morgantown Public Safety Building, address substantial space constraints in city hall and create a revenue stream […]
Delegates call for West Virginia to adopt ‘red flag’ laws
Shortly before Sen. Joe Manchin talked with the press about federal gun-safety legislation, Delegates Barbara Evans Fleischauer and John Doyle issued their own release calling for a West Virginia “red […]
