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Preston commissioners address PSD1 issues

KINGWOOD – Preston County Commissioners on Wednesday briefly discussed issues at Preston County Public Service District No. 1. Commissioner Samantha Stone told her colleagues that the Public Service Commission indicated there was gross mismanagement at the PSD but nothing prosecutable. “They (the PSC) are the ones that make the final decisions,” she said. “They have ordered corrective action to be taken.” Stone was referring to a series of recommendations offered by PSC staff on July 20 and agreed to on Monday by an administrative law judge. The staff recommendations and ...

Online firearms auction proceeds return to Morgantown

CHARLESTON – State Treasurer Larry Pack on Wednesday presented more than $4,000 in unclaimed property funds to the Morgantown Police Department and Parkersburg Police Department in connection with the West Virginia Treasury’s June online firearms auction. Pack presented the checks during ...

Mon Commission continues to receive, address Flock feedback

MORGANTOWN – “When you don’t get reelected, this is why.” Those were the parting words from county resident Nicholas Turner Wednesday morning after he agreed to leave the Monongalia County Commission meeting following a tense exchange with Commission President Tom Bloom over what ...