Empty Bowls fundraiser at Brookhaven aims to fight food insecurity
MORGANTOWN — Age doesn’t matter when it comes to fighting hunger. Members of Brookhaven Elementary School’s Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club and residents of The Village at Heritage Point gathered in the school’s cafeteria on Friday to paint bowls for Empty Bowls Monongalia, a ...
Smith: Bill targeting enhanced 911 fees would cost county agencies
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Homeland Security and Emergency Management / MECCA 911 Director Jimmy Smith and his peers across West Virginia are watching a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate this past week that, Smith says, would eliminate an increase in enhanced 911 (E 911) funds ...
Preston man charged with animal cruelty after police find dead dog, 2 others without food, water
KINGWOOD — One dog died and was partially eaten by another that was without food, according to an animal cruelty complaint in Preston County. Preston Sheriff’s Cpl. C.R. Cline charged Thomas Matthew Tasker, 35, of Arthurdale, with four counts of animal cruelty Thursday. Tasker was freed ...
SNAP benefits to arrive early due to government shutdown; future benefits not guaranteed
MORGANTOWN — People who receive what was previously referred to as food stamps will get them early this month. After that, it’s unclear if they will get them at all. According to a press release put out by the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), those who receive ...
Abandoned gas wells are target of W.Va. ‘Orphan Well Prevention Act’
CHARLESTON — A lawyer for people who have gas drilling operations on their property is pushing for an “Orphan Well Prevention Act.” David McMahon is presenting the push as a property rights issue for surface owners dealing with abandoned wells on their land. “It’s not ...