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Preston develops new emergency alert system

KINGWOOD — Preston County residents can now sign up for free emergency notifications and service announcements. At a training session last week, representatives of the Preston County Assessor’s Office, sheriff’s department and local water boards attended training on the Wireless ...

Gun bash offers prizes, raffles, all-you-can-eat cuisine

MORGANTOWN — More than a dozen different guns will be raffled off to support two area volunteer fire departments at a gun bash in March. A $25 ticket gets one person through the doors  March 23 and enters them into drawings to win the ticket prizes, said River Road VFD Chief William ...

Math professor reimagines calculus education

MORGANTOWN — When a method of doing something is proven tried and true, it’s often unquestioned. This isn’t the case for Krista Bresock, mathematics instructor and Ph.D. student at WVU. Bresock is making history by rethinking how WVU faculty teach mathematics and changing her teaching ...

Residents encouraged to attend court session at WVU School of Law

MORGANTOWN — WVU’s College of Law dean encourages area residents to sit in as a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit   convenes at the WVU College of Law on Tuesday. “This is an extraordinary opportunity for anyone interested in the law to see a ...

Senate gets education bill; can accept, reject or amend House draft

CHARLESTON — A showdown is about to start on the big education bill. The state Senate is set to receive the House’s version of the bill today. Then it has three choices: Accept the House’s changes, amend the bill or refuse to concur with the House. The most likely scenarios lead to a conference committee of senators and delegates to work out differences. And it’s anyone’s guess whether that would be successful. If the conference committee agrees, each entire house would still vote on approval. Despite significant policy differences, Senate Education Chairwoman Patricia ...

Kingwood in running for Blueprint Community help

KINGWOOD — Kingwood is in the running to be a Blueprint Community. Main Street Kingwood Director Mary Hibbs and Kingwood Councilwoman Michelle Whetsell  told council about the program last week. The winners will be announced March 1. Nine communities applied and up to six will be ...