KINGWOOD — Quilts, lighted pictures, ceramics, woodwork, silver jewelry and a variety of other handcrafted items can be found at the Craft Shop on Fireman’s Field during the Buckwheat Festival, […]
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Youth Livestock Auction to be held Saturday
KINGWOOD — Buckwheat Festival or no, The Preston County Livestock Association was going to have its Youth Livestock Auction. That’s because the kids had already bought their animals, or projects, […]
Buckwheat Festival still a go; officials seek volunteers
KINGWOOD — Short of Gov. Jim Justice or some other entity making it so the Buckwheat Festival can’t happen, the 79th iteration of the tradition will kick off Sept. 30. […]
Engineer says Herring Road project on the way to be finished by year’s end
KINGWOOD — The Herring Road project should be completed by the end of the year, said Tim Rice, senior engineer of Potesta & Associates during a Kingwood Water Board meeting […]
Preston police make multiple drug arrests at and near music festival
MASONTOWN — Law enforcement in Preston County made multiple arrests at and around Marvin’s Mountain where Resonance Festival was held over the weekend. The festival was expected to draw a […]
Officer says QRT team would benefit Preston
KINGWOOD — A search for naloxone led a Kingwood police officer to the Monongalia County Quick Response Team. “I was responding to overdose calls, and I would get to the […]
Preston County sees increase in COVID-19 deaths
KINGWOOD — Preston County has the 10th highest COVID infection rate in the state of West Virginia, according to Preston County Health Department Director V. J. Davis. “Tomorrow it could […]
Multiple traffic stops lead to slew of drug arrests
KINGWOOD — LSD, heroin, ketamine, ecstasy and psilocybin mushrooms, are some of the drugs found in Preston County by multiple law enforcement agencies over the past few days. Many of […]
Preston officials ask for employee raises
KINGWOOD — Preston County officials appeared before the Preston County Commission at a work session on Tuesday to ask for pay raises for their employees. The officials overwhelmingly said their […]
Comcast’s rural broadband expansion continues with investment in Preston
Comcast recently announced it is upgrading and expanding the reach of its network serving Preston County and will pass roughly 470 rural homes and businesses with 31 miles of new […]
