At the head of the West Virginia Northern Rail Trail Saturday, Preston County Parks and Recreation Commission hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the first mile of the West Virginia Northern Trail, also called the Tunnelton Mile. With $12,000 in funds raised, the mile-long stretch was ...
CHARLESTON – Three audits in recent months have taken the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to task for not providing enough oversight of disaster relief dollars from taxpayers as they flow from the federal government to local, recovering communities. The one that hit home most directly was a state auditor’s investigation that revealed the City of Richwood mishandled up to $3.1 million in federal flood relief. That report resulted in multiple embezzlement charges and questioned whether the federal government might consider drawing back the ...
By Aldona Bird “Zero waste” and “low impact” are hitting the nation in an eco-friendly storm. Initiatives are coming to town, via businesses and community members. The zero waste international movement has the goal of stopping all together-trash generation from personal and ...
Three blocks. 45 vendors. One love. Morgantown showed its true colors Saturday at the inaugural Morgantown Pride Block Party, organized by Morgantown Pride, a new nonprofit that offers resources and LGBTQ+ community engagement. “West Virginia, historically, has had a hard time with acceptance and Morgantown is such a unique place in West Virginia because we have the university and we have a very broad community,” said Alex Miller, secretary of Morgantown Pride. Within the community, Miller said Morgantown Pride felt a festival was needed. She also said there wasn’t an ...
MORGANTOWN — Among the ideas being floated about how to address deteriorating roads involves allowing municipalities to address emerging issues on state roads and bill the department of transportation for the work. Turns out that’s nothing new, at least in terms of cities tending to state ...
BRIDGEPORT — Morgantown scored runs in five innings to hand Bridgeport its first loss of the season, 8-3 in the opening game of the annual McDonald’s Classic. The top-ranked and five-time Class AA defending state champion Indians (9-1) were the last undefeated baseball team in West ...
