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County continues to push state to fix roads

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 ...

City launches new interactive map

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 ...

Annual Polar Plunge raises over $25K for Special Olympics WV

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 ...

Broadband test pinpoints location off of phone app

KINGWOOD — Preston commissioners are urging everyone to take a new broadband speed test. Commissioner Don Smith, who is active on the Region VI Planning and Development Council broadband committee, said the new test is important. “The great thing about it is, unlike some of the other ones, this one ties to exactly where your location is at, so that a more accurate map can be given to the FCC [Federal Communications Commission],” Smith said. If the test is performed in an area without service, it will pinpoint the location and, when the test goes through, it shows zero upload and ...

WVU Medicine, CORE celebrate successful transplants at luncheon

Thirty-six organ donors from WVU Medicine’s J.W. Rudy Memorial Hospital saved 113 lives last year, an increase of 28% from the prior year. That milestone was celebrated Friday at the hospital with a Donor Advisory Group luncheon hosted by WVU Medicine and the Center for Organ Recovery and ...

Husband files suit after fatal crash

A bulldozer being illegally transported on W.Va. 7 west of Morgantown contributed to the death of a woman in a multi-vehicle collision last September, according to a lawsuit filed this week. Damone Eddy, husband of the late Stephanie Eddy, and Allison Lippert, who was injured in the crash, filed the lawsuit in Monongalia County Circuit Court. Despite what the suit calls a valiant effort by first responders, Eddy died from her injuries 30-40 minutes after the collision. The suit names as defendants several drivers who were involved in the wreck and the companies that employed ...