MORGANTOWN — During a meeting in which it declared Monongalia County in a state of emergency due to COVID-19, the Monongalia County Commission approved up to $20,453 in emergency funding […]
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Shane Lyons: Optimistic about football season beginning on time but situation fluid
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons decided to take the approach of optimism about the future of the 2020 college football season, but at the same time, […]
Gov. Justice moves primary election to June, revises return-to-school date
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday morning that he has moved the primary election date form May 12 to June 9. Also, the return-to-school date has moved from April […]
VFW packs free lunches for kids, elderly in Westover and Granville
Veterans of Foreign Post 9916 provide food for kids, elderly Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9916, in Westover, is providing free bag lunches for the elderly and kids in the […]
Coronavirus stimulus bill and the dark hole of debt
It is not cognitive dissonance — the impossibility of holding two or more contradictory beliefs simultaneously — to favor the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed […]
COVID-19 changes everything, even politics
At some point — certainly not by Easter and maybe not by Easter 2021 — we will have enough space to look back and consider what we learned from the […]
Bad time for county commission to cut PCHD’s funding
Doesn’t it seem like the middle of a health crisis might be a bad time to eliminate funding for a health department? We understand that Preston County is operating on […]
Clay-Battelle’s Coltin Barr named Class A second-team all-state
By Jay Bennett News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Clay-Battelle’s Coltin Barr, after a stellar senior year to help the Cee-Bees go 18-6, was named Class A second team all-state […]
Chief Preston: Morgantown residents are heeding COVID-19 restrictions
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston said the residents of Morgantown have been largely compliant with Governor Jim Justice’s stay-at-home-order, which he identifies as a more effective tool than […]
Volunteer fire dept. impacted by lost funding
KINGWOOD — Preston County’s volunteer fire departments say the $2,250 annual donation the Preston Commission is eliminating is important to them. The cuts to the county’s 12 volunteer departments total […]
