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United Way campaign makes headway toward $1.4M goal

MORGANTOWN — If you still don’t know for sure exactly what those dollars do, just look around, Andy Walls said Wednesday. Look at the person in the next lane over at the traffic light, he said. Or the kid who sits next to your kid in class. There’s a good chance the above and their ...

Donald Trump Jr. to rally for Morrisey in Berkeley County

INWOOD — Donald Trump Jr. will return to West Virginia Monday to campaign for U.S. Senate candidate and state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. The “Get-Out-The-Vote” rally will be held at the Heritage Hall on Winchester Avenue in Inwood. The event is scheduled to begin at noon. ...

County residents part of regional broadband survey

MORGANTOWN — The Region 6 Planning and Development Council is asking residents of its six-county region to participate in a survey looking at current and future broadband coverage. Region 6 Director Sheena Hunt said the council is in the process of mailing the surveys, which will also be ...

Monongalia County Sheriff warns of scammer posing as deputy

MORGANTOWN — There’s a scammer calling people and pretending to be a Monongalia County Sheriff’s deputy, Sheriff Perry Palmer said. “People need to be aware,” he said. Palmer said the department has received several reports about the person who is identifying himself as Deputy ...

Handle With Care funding is part of federal opioid legislation

CHARLESTON — President Donald Trump is expected to soon sign into law the 2018 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, the comprehensive, bipartisan legislation aimed at addressing the opioid epidemic across the United States on many fronts. Included in it is funding to support ...

Preston to consider county-wide dilapidated building ordinance in 2019

KINGWOOD — Talk of creating a county dilapidated building ordinance dominated the Wednesday meeting of the Preston County Cleanup Committee. Committee President V.J. Davis said he found a copy of  an ordinance on line for Beach Bottom, in Brooke County, and a second larger one that the ...