KINGWOOD — The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Stretch program doubles or triples benefits when they are spent at qualified West Virginia farmer’s markets, including two in Preston County. On Tuesday, Extension Agent Bill Shockey, Metheny's Farmers Market owner Kim ...
MORGANTOWN – A divided Senate Health Committee on Tuesday approved SB 468, the Unborn Child with Down Syndrome Protection and Education Act. Also on Tuesday, the Senate Education Committee approved a bill to create a Charter School Stimulus Fund. Senate Health approved a committee ...
COVID didn’t get to take off for Presidents' Day like the students in Monongalia County did Monday. When said students show up to answer roll this morning, however, numbers of them will also roll up their sleeves —– in the ongoing quest to quell the coronavirus for good. Booster ...
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate on Monday passed bills to increase the number of gas well inspectors and to reduce the number of assessment reports homeschooling families have to file with their county school board. SB 480 is the bill aimed at addressing the well inspector shortage. As ...
Preston County Board of Education member Pam Feathers wants to take a look at the district’s discipline policy, particularly how it handles violent offenses. “I have a huge passion for how much disorderly conduct there is in our schools, and specifically the high school,” Feathers ...
MORGANTOWN – Friday was the 38th day of the 60-day legislative session – just past halfway, and heading toward Day 50, Crossover Day, the last day for bills to pass out of their house of origin in order to have a chance to survive. It's typical that much of the most serious action ...
