KINGWOOD — Members of the Preston County commission approved a request to allow members of the Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department to have all-terrain vehicles on W.Va. 7 during the Buckwheat […]
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Work begins on 2021 Preston County Buckwheat Festival
KINGWOOD – Plans are being made for the 79th Buckwheat Festival — which will be in 2021. This year would have been the 79th festival, had it not been cancelled […]
Buckwheat Royals
2020 Queen and King reign despite canceled festival KINGWOOD— Being Queen Ceres was Gabrielle Ann Wolfe’s dream since eighth grade. That dream came true this year when she was named […]
VFDs struggle to raise funds
Buckwheat Festival cancellation impacts financial situation KINGWOOD — For some Preston County volunteer departments, the Buckwheat Festival means buckwheat cakes and sausage dinners. Money from those dinners helps fund the […]
Businesses impacted by Buckwheat cancellation
Store owner: We are going to lose a lot of good fun and revenue KINGWOOD — In only the second time in history, Preston County’s Buckwheat Festival is canceled. The […]
2020 Buckwheat Festival cancelled
Due to continued uncertainty and changing and challenging guidelines resulting from the COVID-19 virus, the Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department (“KVFD”) membership has decided to cancel the 2020 Preston County Buckwheat […]
Buckwheat pageant debuts royalty
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 it work. There […]
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 Tuesday the pageant […]
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 with the event, […]
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 New Jersey. Schwilke […]
