KINGWOOD – Preston County Commissioners are planning to convene a meeting with the board and members of KAMP Ambulance in an attempt to determine if the EMS squad is sustainable. KAMP, one of the oldest ambulance squads in the county, recently reduced hours and has cut shifts and has ...
KINGWOOD – Bruceton Community Ambulance Service temporarily suspended service. KAMP is operating with just one fully staffed ambulance and eliminated its Sunday overnight shift. EMS coverage in Preston County continues to struggle. Kelly Fike, president of Terra Alta Community Ambulance ...
KINGWOOD – The Preston County Commission held a short meeting to approve four opioid settlement grant requests and to hire two new EMS employees. Commissioners approved the hiring of Shawna Knotts as an Assistant EMS Director. She will begin work Oct. 16. According to the county’s ...
KINGWOOD – In order to close out Newburg's ARPA funds, Preston County commissioners voted for a change of scope that would move the funds from land to legal and permitting. All ARPA funds must be used before Oct. 31 or be sent back to the funding source. When contacted, Sheena Hunt, ...
KINGWOOD – All of the seats were full when Preston County Commission President Hunter Thomas called the meeting to order. Two of the individuals waiting for the meeting to start were there to bring concerns about Preston County's new EMS ordinance. Matt Calvert said he has not heard back on ...
KNGWOOD - A discussion about the EMS ordinance turned emotional when Preston County Commission President Hunter Thomas talked about the work that went into putting the ordinance together. “We put a lot of work into our EMS ordinance before passing it,” he said. “We had no assistance ...