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New sewer update draws questions from the community

KINGWOOD — Eight residents of the Cherry Ridge community showed up at a special meeting of the Kingwood Sanitary Sewer Board meeting Monday, saying they were not told the city was planning to extend its sewer system to include their community. “I’m here to find out what’s going on,” Joe Miller said. “I called to find out what was going on. We’ve had no information about what you are doing. You want an easement on my property — what kind of damage and what kind of cost are we going to get into?” Board member Randy Plum told Miller he should have been given a map ...

Celebrate National Historic Preservation Month with these fun activities

During May, Main Street Morgantown encourages the community to celebrate National Historic Preservation Month. The organization has planned events and activities to allow area residents to come together as communities across the country celebrate their heritage and preserve their ...

Chestnut Mountain Ranch ministry sponsors third summit on foster care

Before he answered the call to faith, Greg Clutter was a senior accountant and chief operating officer for companies in North Carolina and West Virginia. Which means he knows all about the management of numbers — and lives behind them, on the cost ledger. These days, in his role at ...

Brad, Alys Smith give $1M to theater project

BY KATHARINE SKELDON HUNTINGTON — A million more dollars are being added to help complete renovations on a beloved and historical Huntington landmark. President and First Lady of Marshall University, Brad and Alys Smith joined Sen. Bob Plymale Monday afternoon to announce their contribution of $1 million towards the ongoing renovations of the 96-year-old Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center. Plymale, also president of the Board of Directors for the Keith-Albee, told MetroNews that the couple’s contribution brings them even closer to completing the three-phase, around $30 ...

SUSTAINING THE SPRUCE

Volunteers began planting thousands of red spruce trees near Cranesville in Preston County Friday. They will continue today. This two-day event is part of an annual Earth Month celebration hosted by The Nature Conservancy. April 22 was Earth Day. April is Earth Month, a time to ...

Saturday is National Drug Take-Back Day

It is no secret that West Virginia is at the epicenter of America’s opioid crisis, leading the nation in deaths from overdose.  Many times, unused prescription drugs contribute to the problem after finding their way into the wrong hands.   Prescription drugs thrown in the ...