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Senate OKs bill to help wineries

MORGANTOWN – The state Senate advanced a bill on Thursday to help wineries and farm wineries do business. SB 390 eliminates a requirement that the wineries sell food in order to sell their wines. It also allows them to sell wine at fairs and festivals in the form of samples, glasses and ...

Kingwood Council approves business licenses for two eateries

KINGWOOD — Members of Kingwood City Council approved two new business licenses. The first was for Jennifer Bracken, owner of Rt. 26 Dinner, LLC, located across from the courthouse on Price Street. The second was for Pepperonnies, a pizza shop owned by Ronald Shaver. A third business license for a salon that was to be located in a residential area was denied. Mayor Jean Guillot said a business in a residential area brings in extra vehicles and foot traffic. “If we allow one business to be in a residential area then we have to approve others,” he said. “It gives the business ...

Mountain Line ridership on the rise, but still well below pre-COVID totals

Mountain Line General Manager Maria Smith said public transit numbers are rebounding nationally post-COVID, but the comeback is going to take some time.  For the five years prior to COVID — 2015 to 2019 — Mountain Line averaged 991,544 total riders annually.  Then came the ...