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Friends Thru Cancer helps Preston County cancer patients

KINGWOOD – Since October 2017 Friends Thru Cancer has helped 30 people across Preston County. The nonprofit organization helps people with expenses that go along with their cancer diagnosis. Heidi LaRue, representative of Friends Thru Cancer and a nurse practitioner at WVU, said there ...

Former shoe factory in Preston could hold new business

KINGWOOD — A company has expressed interest in leasing the former shoe factory building outside Kingwood. Robbie Baylor, executive director of the Preston County Economic Development Authority (PCEDA), reported on the property last week to the Preston County Commission. She said the ...

Scudiere excited to be ‘challenged every single day’

Becoming a judge is a dream come true for Debra Scudiere. “I’ve always tremendously admired good judges,” she said. “To me, that’s the epitome of community service.” Scudiere was appointed as a Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge by Gov. Jim Justice on March 6 to replace Judge ...

WVU Extension Service to host the Timber Tax Workshop

Timbering is a big industry in a lot of states, including West Virginia. Changes to policies and policy and procedures can make keeping up difficult for landowners looking to sell trees and the professionals who harvest them. To help improve the number and quality of timber transactions in West Virginia, WVU Extension Service is hosting the West Virginia Timber Tax Workshop, which offers a full day of discussion covering exactly what landowners and professionals need to know about timber sales and the taxes associated with those sales, according to a press release from WVU. This ...

City plans to put a new roof on Public Safety Building

The City of Morgantown will continue to address aging city facilities as part of its $37.3 million budget for the upcoming 2019-’20 fiscal year. The city anticipates pulling $846,235 from its $5.8 million capital escrow account — used for one-time expenditures like capital projects — to put a new roof on its Public Safety Building, home to the Morgantown’s police, fire marshals, parking authority and municipal court. Finance Director Jim Goff said the roof represents the first phase of critical improvements to the building over the next two budgets, totaling more than $1.3 ...

Gov. Justice vetoes $53M supplement, uses it to fund other projects

CHARLESTON — Medicaid dollars often are the magic ingredient for the state budget, and this year is no different. When the Senate and House of Delegates considered their budget proposals, each put forth a $53 million supplemental appropriation for Medicaid. House Finance Chairman Eric ...