Litter: Spring cleaning happens outside, too Tons and tons of litter get picked up in Preston County every year by good-hearted volunteers. I thank them, and I am also one of them. It’s easy to get a litter cleanup project started to improve our roadsides. Preston County’s Litter ...
Sharps boxes cheaper than jail time Morgantown City Council is strongly considering an amendment to the city’s littering laws that would create a $500 fine or a 30-days-in-jail penalty for sharps (such as needles) and other hazardous or infectious materials (such as something ...
Keep permitting under federal power On April 28, The Dominion Post reported one of West Virginia’s senators proposes permitting reform to address “regulatory mayhem.” The senator proposes implementing “timelines with clear limits and predictable schedules,” which is ...
by Mariel Garza What compels someone to travel to the far-off wilderness, enjoy the natural splendor it affords — and then decide to ruin it for everyone else? A couple weeks ago, officials at Yosemite National Park posted a distressing photo of vandalism along the popular ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — More than 8,500 volunteers removed 489 tons of litter from West Virginia’s landscape during spring cleanup programs sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. Numbers were recently finalized for April’s Make It ...
KINGWOOD — Work is going forward for the annual county-wide Preston County e-cycle event that is set for Aug. 21 at the Kingwood Civic Center. Time and other information about the event will be available later. Due to the amount of traffic at the events, Don Smith, who represents the ...