GRANVILLE – Sunday’s work day for the C shift crew at Granville Fire Department Company 17 started out pretty much like always. Little did Firefighter Jason Nestor know that by the end of the shift he’d be rescuing and taking home a little gray and white kitten with bright blue ...
MORGANTOWN – In Elaine McVay’s world, nothing makes a home … like insulation. And siding and gutters and landscaping. Don’t forget the roof shingles over your head and the flooring under your feet. Yep, you have all those components, the executive director of Mon Valley Habitat for ...
FAIRMONT – Forget football season, Casey Gilbert said. Thanksgiving and Christmas, too, adds Gilbert, who is community impact director of Fairmont-based Tygart Valley United Way. And that’s because tax time – yes, really – will be here before we know it, she said. Which is why her organization, which serves people and nonprofits across Marion, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker and Randolph counties, is already gearing up. A recent AmeriCorps grant offering will now be used to fund the organization’s Volunteer Income Tax assistance program for the next three years while also expanding ...
MORGANTOWN — At about 12:50 p.m. Saturday, the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a child abduction. Deputies and detectives immediately initiated a search for nine-year-old Jackson Blaney. After the suspect's vehicle was properly entered into the system and added to ...
CHARLESTON — Invoices are still coming in for Gov. Patrick Morrisey's Capitol City Celebration, the four-day festival in Charleston to celebrate America 250, quickly approaching the governor's $2 million budget for the event, though other agency costs are exceeding that budget. According ...
MARTINSBURG — The Eastern Panhandle will have a connection to the national Miss America competition as Miss West Virginia Elizabeth Romanek and Miss West Virginia’s Teen Zoe Little head to Florida to represent the Mountain State. Both were crowned at the Miss West Virginia and Miss West ...
