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High voter turnout being reported around the state

CHARLESTON — Someone driving past George Washington High School on Tuesday might think school is in session on Election Day. Parking spots in the front lot rare to come by as voters walked in and out of the precinct doors. Inside the high school, long lines to vote and that is being ...

29-year-old shot to death in Fairmont

FAIRMONT — A man was shot and killed in Fairmont Monday night. Fairmont Police responded to a shots fired call at about 9:15 p.m. near Columbia Street and were told people on foot and in two silver vehicles may have been involved, according to a press release from the Fairmont Police ...

Voters share reasons for heading to the polls

MORGANTOWN — Everyone had his or her own reason for heading to the polls Tuesday for the mid-term election. For Jason Neal, the election offered a chance to send a message to politicians he feels don’t have the best interests of working people in mind. The 24-year-old law student ...

U.S. Census Bureau seeks temporary workers in Preston

KINGWOOD – The United States Census Bureau is looking for temporary workers in Preston County, according to County Administrator Kathy Mace.  Mace said the census is important because the population is considered when applying for grants and other funding. She said information about the ...

It’s Election Day: Polls open from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.

CHARLESTON — As midterms go, this one is shaping up to be monumental. Brisk early voting has finally made way for Election Day itself. Polls are open in West Virginia from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. “It’s an energized electorate. I think we’re seeing that all across the nation,” Secretary ...

Crowd asks to keep Fellowsville open; call for special levy renewed by some

FELLOWSVILLE — Twenty-two people spoke in support of keeping Fellowsville Elementary open at a public hearing Monday on the possible closing of Fellowsville and Rowlesburg schools. Only two people spoke at an earlier hearing Monday at South Preston School: Principal James Hoit, who said any ...