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Mountaineer Trail Network mountain biking bill working its way through Legislature again

CHARLESTON – A bill to create a network of mountain bike trails to enhance tourism in north-central West Virginia died on the last day of last year’s legislative session. But local legislators and community leaders hope to see it through this year. To that end, there are five bills in the system to create a Mountaineer Trail Network Recreation Authority. All told, they have a combined sponsorship of 10 senators and 13 delegates of both parties. Four of them are identical: SB 15 and 132 and HB 2420 and 2484. They would create the authority to serve Monongalia, Preston, Marion, ...

Fellowsville man wants answers about road maintenance

FELLOWSVILLE — Wesley Wolfe’s neighbors call him the state road man. Not because he works for the State Division of Highways (DOH) but  because for the past 10 years he has maintained a mile of Grape Run Road, off U.S. 50. “I normally took care of  all the potholes and have come ...

Empty Bowls Preston County will be Feb. 2

KINGWOOD — On Saturday, Food For Preston will host the 13th annual Empty Bowls dinner for Preston County . This year's dinner will be  4-7 p.m. at the Kingwood Community Building at 115 Brown Ave. The cost is $15. Children under 10 will eat for free but will not receive a free bowl. All ...

Naomi Davenport scores 16, West Virginia cruises past Kansas State 60-30

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Naomi Davenport notched her fifth double-double of the season as West Virginia cruised past Kansas State 60-30 on Saturday in women’s basketball. Davenport netted a team-high 16 points and 15 rebounds, adding five assists as well. Tynice Martin just missed a ...

Holocaust survivor celebrates love, family

No one could get a firm fix on the Yiddish expression being bandied about in Edith Rechter Levy’s Morgantown living room last Sunday. A’kapura, Hitler. “Kapura” means “sacrifice,” in Yiddish. Except when it doesn’t. Especially when it’s attached to the name of the architect of the Third Reich, the man whose decisions led to the deaths of 6 million Jews in World War II. Most of Levy’s family, including her blond-haired, blue-eyed father, perished in the death camps. The grim accounting would have included Levy and her brothers Leo and Lucien, were it not ...

Tips to help keep heating costs down

West Virginia — and surrounding states — is in the middle of winter, which often means colder weather outside and higher heating bills inside. To help customers minimize energy costs, while maximizing safety and comfort, Dominion Energy West Virginia offered a variety of simple, inexpensive conservation tips for natural gas heating, water heating, cooking and clothes drying, in a recent press release. Heating A furnace or boiler accounts for 65 percent of the natural gas used in the home. These low-cost, and even no-cost, tips can help keep out cold air and maximize comfort ...