It was the icing on the cake for Colby Geisel Thursday afternoon at Westwood Middle School. “That looks good, huh?” the 6th-grader said. “I think that’s as good as we’re […]
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Capito fields questions on Build Back Better, inflation under President Biden
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., fielded questions from members of the West Virginia press Thursday. Several of them dealt with the newly scaled-down Build Back Better framework and […]
Preston County employee raise becomes official
KINGWOOD — Preston County employees will receive a combined $220,585 increase in annual salary after the Preston County Commission unanimously voted to approve the raise at a special meeting on […]
Local leaders promote green energy portion of Biden’s scaled-down Build Back Better framework
MORGANTOWN – As President Biden came before America Thursday morning to outline his scaled-down Build Back Better framework, some local delegates and other leaders had gathered at the WVU law […]
WVU Medicine to offer COVID booster shot clinic Oct. 29
MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine will offer Pfizer-BioNTech booster COVID vaccines from 8 a.m.- noon Friday at its vaccine clinic in the former Sears location at the Morgantown Mall. Vaccines will […]
Sections of the Deckers Creek rail-trail set for paving this week
MORGANTOWN — Two sections of the Deckers Creek rail-trail are closed for paving. Paving will take place on two sections of the Deckers Creek rail-trail that fall within city limits: […]
$1M donation sparks new campaign for regional nonprofit YCF; will double gifts to two funds
FAIRMONT — Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia, Inc., announces a $1 million charitable matching gift that will double the amount of all new donations — up to […]
Kingwood Council OKs city COVID policy
KINGWOOD — Kingwood City Council members voted to approve a COVID-19 policy at its Tuesday evening meeting. The policy will be uniform for all city departments, including the library, the […]
Capito, GOP Senate leaders say Biden energy policies fueling price inflation
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito joined with nine other GOP senators at a Wednesday press conference to criticize Biden administration policies that are driving fuel and energy price up, […]
Mon Commission funds swimming program for county’s youth
MORGANTOWN — In 2012, the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park was far from a certainty. It wasn’t a plan or a concept. It was a wish list item. But even […]












