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KAMP Ambulance shares heating woes with commission

KINGWOOD — A discussion about a training facility for fire departments and an emergency funding request by KAMP Ambulance for its south station were the two main topics of discussion at the Tuesday meeting of the Preston County Commission. In 2021, KAMP Ambulance added a second station located in the southern end of the county. It began as a temporary station in Newburg. It later moved to Fellowsville after the Fellowsville Volunteer Fire Department purchased the old Mountaineer Ambulance building and allowed KAMP use of the building, according to Shawna Knotts, vice president of ...

Fish fry continues to support cancer survivors

Started a dozen years ago, the annual Bob Huggins Fish Fry continues to raise money to support cancer services as well as the Remember the Miners Scholars Program. This year, the 12th fish fry, presented by Little General Stores, raised nearly $700,000 to benefit the Norma Mae Huggins ...

State’s first naxolone vending machine relocated to Wise Path

West Virginia Sober Living (WVSL), in collaboration with Monongalia CountyHealth Department’s Quick Response Team (QRT) and Wise Path Recovery Center, has relocated the state’s only naloxone (commonly called Narcan) vending machine. “Unfortunately, Hope Hill Sobering Center ceased operations in 2024, which left a gap in after-hours naloxone access,” Jon Dower, executive director of WVSL, said. “WVSL Solutions, in partnership with the Mon County Health Department, began exploring other locations that would increase 24/7 access in a private location. We also identified that ...

Obesity linked to long COVID — West Virginia leads the U.S. in both

MORGANTOWN — In West Virginia, 10.6% of the respondents questioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported suffering symptoms of long COVID, also known as post-COVID.  That leads the country.  The national average was 6.9%.  In West Virginia, 41% of ...