KINGWOOD — “This is not the pageant we imagined four months ago,” Preston County Buckwheat Festival 2020 General Chairman Buddy Turner said Saturday, but together we made […]
Tag: buckwheat festival
Preston County Buckwheat Festival Royalty Pageant to be private event this year due to COVID-19
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Buckwheat Festival Royalty Pageant will be a private event this year. The Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department (KVFD), sponsor of the festival, announced […]
Plans move forward for annual event
KINGWOOD — Plans are going forward for the 79th Annual Preston County Buckwheat Festival, but the coronavirus has made planning more difficult. “We’re still hopeful,” of proceeding […]
Buckwheat Festival draws people back home
KINGWOOD — Deanna Schwilke and Norma Jean Rosenau traveled more than a few miles for the Buckwheat Festival. Schwilke is from Wenatchee, Wash., and Rosenau is from […]
Buckwheat Royalty Crowned at Ceremony
KINGWOOD — School and Community Day was celebrated Friday at the 78th Preston County Buckwheat Festival as its king and queen received their crowns. West Virginia University […]
Buckwheat Festival kicks off with Fireman’s Parade
KINGWOOD — Despite the fall chill in the air, people lined the streets to watch this years Fireman’s Parade. Benches, chairs, strollers for the children and folded […]