Monongalia County Sheriff’s Deputies and Monongalia Emergency Medical Services responded to a scary situation involving a mother and her two children on Interstate 68 Friday morning. According to Chief Deputy […]
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Justice and team: COVID continues to wane but BA.2 is growing around world and across U.S.
MORGANTOWN — Friday was a bad news-good news day at the governor’s COVID briefing. The bad news was that the death toll reached 6,739, with Gov. Jim Justice announcing 88 […]
No action taken on request for pavilion construction funds
KINGWOOD — Kingwood City Council members took no action on a request for funds for a 40-by-100-foot pavilion being constructed by Preston Parks and Recreation Commission (PCPaRC). The estimated cost […]
Senators and delegates discuss state issues during Legislature update
KINGWOOD — Two state senators and two delegates spoke Thursday during the Preston County Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 Legislature Update Thursday. Sens. Randy Smith and Dave Sypolt, and Delegates Terri […]
Helping teens keep tradition
Christian Help traveled the county this week to help area teens getting ready for a spring tradition — high school proms. The agency took more than 150 dresses, suits, shoes […]
University High outlast Morgantown in the girls lacrosse edition of the Mohawk Bowl
MORGANTOWN – The UHS Hawks defeated the Morgantown Mohigans 11-8 on Thursday night at Pony Lewis Field in the first meeting of the season between the two teams. To open […]
Police should send military-grade equipment back to the battlefield
Earlier this month, Gov. Jim Justice asked the West Virginia National Guard and Department of Homeland Security to collect and send excess body armor to Ukraine and encouraged police departments […]
It’s Jackson’s Supreme Court moment, but GOP wants to whine about the past
by Robin Abcarian By the second day of Senate hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, it became apparent that Republicans just don’t have the ammunition […]
COVID: Not out of the woods yet
West Virginia’s COVID statistics are improving nearly every day. DHHR figures show the number of active COVID cases has steadily declined — from over 20,000 in late January to about […]
‘Because we’re fighting this war, alone’
Call them, the reverse-refugees. That’s why Amber Brugnoli wasn’t joking. She wasn’t exaggerating, either, even if she was speaking for effect. “You can’t get to Russia or Ukraine right now,” […]
