KINGWOOD — When the canvass was completed in Preston County Monday, the county had a 72.74% voter turnout. Preston finished its canvass at 3:58 p.m. Monday, with no changes in […]
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No change in delegate, commission races following canvassing process
MORGANTOWN — It’s been a nervous week for the Williams family. That appears to have ended at about 1:30 p.m. Monday when election canvassing in Monongalia County expanded incumbent Delegate […]
COVID death toll jumps to 530 as DHHR uncovers 27 incorrectly reported deaths
MORGANTOWN — Anyone opening the Department of Health and Human Resources coronavirus dashboard during the better part of Monday would have seen the death toll at 502. The real number […]
West Virginia men’s hoops ranked No. 15 in AP preseason poll; Georgetown named as final regular-season opponent
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — For the fifth time under Bob Huggins and for the 10th time in the history of the school, the WVU men’s basketball team will begin the […]
The Outpost: Episode 1–Owning an Old Hemlock Setter
Listen now! [spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=41860534″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” autoplay=”false” live-autoplay=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”] Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Outpost, the Applachian-centric podcast […]
Preston increases community COVID testing
County registers fifth death amidst case surge KINGWOOD — A fifth Prestonian died of COVID-19 over the weekend, the State Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported, and community […]
So, what happened with the polling for the 2020 election?
While the next president of the United States remains unknown as of Thursday evening, there is clearly one big loser: The pollsters, most of whom were touting the high likelihood […]
Trump’s comments put Barrett in a bind
If the Supreme Court takes on a case connected to the outcome of the presidential election, Justice Amy Coney Barrett will face the most important decision of her career: Not […]
Blame Republicans for delayed results in Keystone State
We’ve been hearing for months that whoever wins Pennsylvania would win the White House. We also knew that due to the pandemic and unprecedented turnout, counties would have to process […]
Guest Essay: Bridging the rural digital divide is the key to post-pandemic prosperity
By Linda Longstreth Getting every West Virginia community connected to broadband has been one of our biggest challenges for years. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it more urgent. Broadband is […]
