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Preston commission looks at mine blowout, pay raises

KINGWOOD – Concerns caused by the blowout at the T&T mine last week are not over, according to Amanda Pitzer, Director of Friends of the Cheat.  “We don't know what's going on in the mine,” she told commissioners. “We can't see in there.” Pitzer said there is a theory ...

Herring Road project moves closer to completion

KINGWOOD – The Herring Road project is one step closer to fruition. During the Kingwood Water Board meeting Monday, Tim Rice, senior engineer for Potesta Engineering, said A. J. Burk was the low bidder on the project.  The company is based out of Horner. Rice said before a formal ...

Bonnie’s Bus to offer mammograms in Aurora, Reedsville

MORGANTOWN -- Bonnie’s Bus, a 45-foot, state-of-the-art mobile mammography vehicle, will visit Preston County offering three-dimensional digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women. Bonnie’s Bus, a service of WVU Medicine and the WVU Cancer Institute, Bonnie’s Bus ...

Preston Board of Health vaccinating homebound

KINGWOOD –- Preston County Health Department Administrator VJ Davis said 29.4% of Preston County residents have received their first doses of  the COVID vaccine.  He went on to say the county has had 2,391 confirmed COVID cases, 214 probable cases, and 43 deaths. Davis said ...

Returning to Neutral

WVU Today  Heavy rains last week pummeled the region hard enough to overwhelm an acid mine drainage treatment plant’s plumbing system in Preston County, causing the discharge of untreated water into Muddy Creek, which feeds into the Cheat River. West Virginia University ...

Man dies in work accident

Bruceton Mills -- A 27-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene due to an industrial workplace accident last week. The accident occurred at Grant County Mulch, 1114 Glade Farms Road, near Hazelton. According to a news release from the Preston County Sheriff’s Department, it was ...