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Preston Commissioner wants to boost EMS services

KINGWOOD -- Preston County has wonderful EMS services, but they need a boost to improve their services. That’s why Commissioner Dave Price wants to inject about $400,000 of the county’s CARES money, of which it has $922,018.55, into the county’s EMS programs and establish a yearly ...

Repealing state income tax still just a pipe dream

On Aug. 22, a short essay by Delegate Eric Householder, a Republican and chair of the Finance Committee, discussed the potential “generational opportunity” that cutting the state income tax would create for West Virginians. One of our readers rightfully called him out the following ...

Morgantown residents share thoughts on how to spend ARP funding

MORGANTOWN— Affordable housing, needle exchange programs and a mobile health unit were just a few of the ideas area residents had for spending federal dollars. After receiving more than $11 million in recovery funds through the federal American Rescue Plan Act, the City of Morgantown ...

Preston BOE not requiring masks

Until a mask mandate is announced by state and/or federal officials, Superintendent of Schools Steve Wotring said students and teachers will not have to wear masks — unless they want to. He said he met with V.J. Davis, director of the Preston County Health Department, and Dr. Fred ...