MORGANTOWN – Monday is the first day of school for Monongalia County’s students – but Monongalia County’s Board of Education is already looking well past that. Board members this week approved a list of qualified firms that are vying for the key construction manager-at-risk slot for ...
STAR CITY – Town council is a few weeks away from putting out to bid a project that will replace sidewalks along one side of University Avenue. Bobby Doyle, Star City’s building code official, said the project will cover about 1,000 square yards of sidewalks from the area near St. Mary ...
FAIRMONT – Pierpont Community & Technical College celebrated a milestone Aug. 8 as 42 graduates, the largest Licensed Practical Nursing class in the college’s history, were recognized during the 2026 Licensed Practical Nursing Pinning Ceremony at East Fairmont High School Auditorium. The ceremony honored the graduates’ successful completion of the program and welcomed them into one of the nation’s most trusted professions. More than a graduation milestone, the pinning ceremony marked the transition from student to nurse, recognizing a journey defined by perseverance, ...
To our Morgantown friends and neighbors, This is one of my favorite times of the year. Energy is picking up across the City of Morgantown as thousands of new and returning West Virginia University students settle in ahead of the first day of classes on Aug. 18, the same day Monongalia ...
Breaking and entering, DUI charge John Michael Matlick, 48, of Tunnelton, was arrested on breaking and entering and DUI charges. A state police trooper assisting the Preston County Sheriff's Office responded to an alleged breaking and entering in progress in Tunnelton on Saturday. The ...
KNGWOOD - A discussion about the EMS ordinance turned emotional when Preston County Commission President Hunter Thomas talked about the work that went into putting the ordinance together. “We put a lot of work into our EMS ordinance before passing it,” he said. “We had no assistance ...
