MORGANTOWN — According to an estimate from the West Virginia Tax Office, a 1 percent municipal sales tax would generate between $5 million and $6 million annually for the City of Morgantown. While it has yet to do so, Morgantown was granted the authority to implement such a tax as part of ...
KINGWOOD — Preston Commissioners voted to exonerate the county of $60,785.36 in property taxes the assessor says it owes on the former Kinney Shoe property. A year ago, Assessor Connie Ervin told Commissioners Craig Jennings, Dave Price and Don Smith she was assessing the county for ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin says the “death by a thousand cuts” for the Affordable Care Act is continuing as a result of the much-talked-about ruling from a federal judge that declared the act unconstitutional. Manchin said Senate Republicans have had the majority but ...
KINGWOOD — State Transportation Secretary Tom Smith hasn’t agreed to meet with Preston commissioners by phone or in person, but they aren’t giving up. “They’ve done a great job of trying to brush us off. It’s one of the best I’ve ever seen,” Commission President Craig Jennings ...
MORGANTOWN — Two people are in custody after Morgantown Police found them with firearms. According to a release, officers of the Morgantown Police Department, responded to a report of brandishing on the 600 block of Beechurst Avenue, around 12:30 a.m. Saturday. The victim said he had been ...
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Sheriff’s Office is seeking to identify suspects in a shoplifting incident that happened in the early morning hours of Dec. 12 at the Kingwood WalMart. The man in the photo is one of the suspects. Two men entered the store and went to the electronics ...
