KINGWOOD — Members of the Preston County Commission unanimously approved a request from the Preston County Honor Guard to use the courthouse lawn for its Veterans Day Celebration. Bill Benson, a member of both the Honor Guard and Vietnam Veterans Chapter 977, said the celebration will ...
KINGWOOD — The collaboration between the Preston County Commissioners and the Preston County Board of Health to build a new multipurpose building is moving forward. The proposed building will house the health department, WIC and the WVU Extension Office. The basement will be used to ...
KINGWOOD — Work towards Friends of the Cheat’s goal of removing the Albright Power Station’s dam and creating an unobstructed waterway is continuing with public meetings to raise awareness and address concerns, while seeking more funding for the project. At its most-recent meeting, ...
KINGWOOD — If the Preston County Commission receives the almost $21,000 it's asking for, visitors to the courthouse will have a very different view. Commissioners unanimously approved the courthouse security grant request, which had to be sent to Charleston on Wednesday, at their regular ...
KINGWOOD — Months of work by the Masontown Volunteer Fire Department have resulted in the department obtaining its advanced life-saving certification from the state, meaning medics — not just EMTs — can now run out of the department. Chief Dan Luzier gave the good news at the ...
KINGWOOD — The surprise declaration that the state will observe Juneteenth on June 17 has thrown a wrench into county governance. “Our job is to serve the public and if we're not there to serve them, how can we? How are we going to serve? That's what our job is,” Preston County ...