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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 by COVID-19. “We are going to be looking at data as we get closer to the date, and we’ll follow the directions of our ...

Students Return

Mon County Schools welcome in-person classroom learning No, you weren’t  regarding  a big, yellow, COVID-induced mirage  through your windshield Thursday morning. That really was a Monongalia County school bus at the traffic light. And it was really was delivering students to ...

Emerging Leaders program helps UW ’s message reach young people

Legacy brand. Those words come to mind when one mentions the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties. And it’s true. The United Way has been serving this community for more than 80 years, and the annual campaign that raises more than a million dollars for area programs is highly ...

Postcast 39 – October 2, 2020

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Back in session: Schools open today

70% of students in classes as part of blended learning After seven months of echoing footfalls in empty hallways, Sheri Petitte is ready for her school to start being noisy again. That will happen at 8:30 a.m. today when the buses roll up to Ridgedale Elementary, to send students forth ...