MORGANTOWN — A pair of research teams from WVU have received close to $500,000 in funding from the Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health. The first team, […]
Local News
Westover City councilmember resigns
The next city council meeting will be at 6 p.m. June 4, at the Westover city building. WESTOVER — Westover councilmember-at-large James Elvis Austen resigned midterm Monday night, citing personal reasons. After all […]
Cheat Lake Public Library hosts rock-painting class
MORGANTOWN — Libraries are not just for reading anymore. With the passing of a recent levy, the library can now offer more programs to the public. Supplemented by tax payer […]
Community Announcements May 22, 2018
Diabetic Support Group will be held Wednesday KINGWOOD — The Preston County Health Department will hold their monthly Diabetic Support Group from 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Extension Office on […]
Fireworks display moved from River Road to Mountaineer Middle School
MORGANTOWN — Slips along River Road forced a change in plans for the July 4 Celebration of America fireworks display. Main Street Morgantown Executive Director Barbara Watkins said the fireworks will […]
Black mold causes inmates to relocate
W. Va. — Black mold is prompting the W.Va. Division of Corrections to relocate all inmates and at least some staff from its Anthony Correctional Center to other facilities. Corrections […]
Reunions listings, week of May 20, 2018
Class/school reunions Masontown Valley The Masontown Valley High School 50th-year class reunion will be held June 9, at noon in the Arthurdale Center Hall. Graduates of other VHS classes are […]
Authorities recover body of man who drowned
MASONTOWN — Authorities on Monday recovered the body of an Ohio man who drowned after being swept away by the Cheat River in the Bull Run area early Sunday. The body of Michael […]
Richard N. Goodwin, White House speech writer, dead at 86
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard N. Goodwin, an aide, speechwriter and liberal force for the Kennedys and Lyndon Johnson who helped craft such historic addresses as Robert Kennedy’s “ripples of […]
MCHD announces new regional epidemiologist for seven-county area
MORGANTOWN — Severe influenza seasons, a state with a high rate of obesity and diabetes and the ongoing opioid crisis are just a few conditions that help highlight the importance […]
