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Marion receives $450K from FEMA for flood mitigation

FAIRMONT – When it rains … it floods? Sure seems like it these days, Marion County’s emergency management director Chris McIntire said Thursday. In the meantime, he said, he’ll take that flood of money he just received from FEMA any day. The federal agency that responds to natural ...

Five Pennsylvania hospitals join WVU Health System

MORGANTOWN – Butler Memorial Hospital, Clarion Hospital, Frick Hospital, Latrobe Hospital and Westmoreland Hospital, as well as their affiliated physician practices and outpatient facilities, officially joined the West Virginia University Health System on Thursday. Previously operated under ...

Aurora School evacuated for gas odor

KINGWOOD – An early morning alert about concerns related to a gas odor in the Aurora School kitchen resulted in a decision to dismiss students at 10 a.m. Thursday. School staff contacted the Preston County Emergency Management Office, and students and staff were relocated to the Aurora ...