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 ...
KINGWOOD – The annual countywide Preston County ecycle event has been scheduled for Aug. 21 at the Kingwood Civic Center. More information will be available later. Due to the amount of traffic at the events, board members discussed purchasing arrow signs to help direct ...
KINGWOOD – Members of the Preston County Commission said they will send individual letters to their state delegates opposing the closing of Hopemont Hospital. Hopemont Hospital is a 98-bed, licensed, Medicare-certified long-term care facility in Terra Alta. It was originally ...
KINGWOOD – The Blueprint Community Committee is working to attract more businesses to downtown Kingwood. Kingwood City Clerk Michelle Whetsell, who is also a member of the Blueprint Community Committee, said the committee is holding virtual meetings and discussing ways to make Kingwood ...
KINGWOOD – House Bill 2626 was introduced last week by the House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Committee in an effort to close four state-owned hospitals, one of which is Hopemont Hospital in Terra Alta. “No one had any prior knowledge of the bill until it was presented in a ...
I'm going on the record as saying seeds are amazing. These often tiny little things have such potential, such power. Take for example the milkweed plant seed. Small, brown, and humble, it's attached to a piece of fluff which helps it parachute away from the parent plant. It waits for the ...