Store owner: We are going to lose a lot of good fun and revenue KINGWOOD — In only the second time in history, Preston County’s Buckwheat Festival is canceled. The […]
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Skate not hate roll out for Pride Month and Black Lives Matter
Katie Okubo holds up a flag while Hayleigh Sutak, Brooke Little, and Maggie Tracey skate behind her. Members of CIB Morgantown (Community In Bowls) skate around South Park. Saturday 27th [...]
Justice outline CARES money priorities, expands on Slemp ouster
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice opened his Friday press briefing with a bit more discussion of the ouster of Bureau of Public Health Commissioner Cathy Slemp, but spent the majority […]
A statement regarding the forced resignation of Dr. Cathy Slemp
by Barbara EvansFleischauer I am extremely disappointed Gov. Justice decided to, in effect, fire our highest public health official, right in the middle of a pandemic. The governor’s office issued […]
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State Police at Kingwood Fullmer, Zachery Wade, 36, of Tunnelton, strangulation, June 25; Trooper Hall. Preston Sheriff Gardner, William Earl, 41, of Terra Alta, driving on revoked license, improper registration, […]
Mountain Line requires riders to wear face coverings
Mountain Line Transit has taken aggressive steps to protect the safety of its transit operations since the early part of the pandemic. All buses continue to be fumigated with DSV […]
MCHD Dentistry expands with hiring of second dentist, Dr. Youseph Kassar
As MCHD Dentistry continues to expand, at Monongalia County Health Department and with the Smile Express mobile unit, a second dentist, Dr. Youseph Kassar, has been hired. A Morgantown native, […]
Preston County receives results from survey of businesses
KINGWOOD — A survey of businesses provides a roadmap for where jobs will be for Prestonians in the years ahead and how to prepare the workforce to fill them. The […]
Observations on the pandemic made during staycation
My staycation last week gave me an opportunity to see firsthand how we are doing on social distancing, good hygiene and mask wearing. As you might expect, and as you […]
1871 civil rights law became police protection act
In 1871, six years after the end of the Civil War, the state of race relations was awful in the United States. Yes, the Union had defeated the Confederacy and […]
