Monongalia, Preston and Marion counties called off school Thursday due to winter weather, and motorists saw a tricky morning commute. Four wrecks required EMS, a MECCA 911 supervisor said. Another 17 vehicle wrecks were reported to 911 by 1 p.m. — those did not require EMS. A vehicle ...
Construction of the new Sheetz convenience store at the former Eloquence Antiques & Artisans location will begin sometime next month with completion targeted for summer, a spokesman for the Altoona, Pa.-based convenience store chain said. As part of the project, the two-story building ...
A tanker truck toppled at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday on U.S. 119, near Grafton. Grafton Fire Department, State Police and Taylor County EMS responded. The condition of the driver was not known in time for this report.
KINGWOOD — Charleston may have lost sight of the need to fix roads, but Preston commissioners said they haven’t. Commission President Samantha Stone said Tuesday that last week she contacted Lynn Phillips, the regional representative for Gov. Jim Justice. Phillips came to the office last Wednesday, she said. He reported that while Preston County Division of Highways (DOH) Supervisor Blain Bowmar is on leave, Harlan Wolfe will be in charge. “Mr. Phillips felt that Mr. Wolfe has a good plan to get underway with the core maintenance of the county, and we will be following ...
Morgantown launched its new interactive zoning map, commonly used by property owners, realtors, developers and contractors, this week. The zoning map, developed by Morgantown’s GIS analyst Marvin Davis, allows people to find the zoning district, tax district and permitted uses for a parcel of land by just entering the address, according to Andrew Stacy, Morgantown’s communications manager. The home of The Dominion Post, 1251 Earl L. Core Road, is zoned I-1, industrial, according to the new map. Clicking on one of the brightly colored zones brings up information about it and offers ...
It was in the low 40s when more than 100 participants took part in the annual Polar Plunge at 1 p.m. on Saturday. A total of 105 people signed up and submerged themselves in Cheat Lake — all to raise money for Special Olympics West Virginia. “It’s certainly a daring, somewhat ...
