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Commission tables new HVAC system for KAMP Ambulance

KINGWOOD — No decision was made on a request by KAMP Ambulance for help to pay for a new HVAC unit. In 2021, KAMP Ambulance added a second station located in the southern end of the Preston 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 KAMP Ambulance. Knotts asked the Preston County Commission for help in replacing the current HVAC system. She said the AC unit has ...

Justice, Mooney each have more than $1M to burn in U.S. Senate race

Gov. Jim Justice and Congressman Alex Mooney each have more than $1 million cash on hand as their Republican primary race for U.S. Senate hits the stretch run, according to filings with the Federal Elections Commission. Through the end of last month, Justice’s campaign had $1,061,211.10, ...

County subdivision regulations face last-minute legislative hurdle

MORGANTOWN — After decades of discussion and debate, and many fruitless attempts to create some semblance of regulatory structure over development in the county, the Monongalia County Commission was all set to hold a first reading of a countywide subdivision and land division ordinance ...

DOH public meeting set for today for new Mon River bridge

BY MIKE NOLTING The state Division of Highways will hold a public meeting regarding the proposed bridge over the Monongahela River to the Morgantown Industrial Park today. DOH Chief Development Engineer Jason Foster said the meeting will be from 5-8 p.m. at Westwood Middle ...

DOH says nobody working specifically for Monongalia County

MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia Division of Highways says there is nobody working for District 4 specifically tasked with addressing issues in Monongalia County.   Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom disagrees.  The Dominion Post reached out to the DOH earlier this week ...

Police and Peers to help with drug problem

KINGWOOD — Kingwood City Council members are giving the Police and Peers program a try. Tonya Helmick, a member of the program who was at the Tuesday evening meeting, will work alongside the Kingwood Police Department to help with drug and homeless problems. According to the West Virginia Office of Drug Control Policy, Police and Peers (PNP) is a grant-funded program aimed at sharing the workload placed on law enforcement when responding to a nonviolent, non-law enforcement-specific incident. The concept of PNP is to pair an embedded or co-responding Peer Recovery Support ...