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Fires on Dawson Road lead to arson arrest

A Morgantown woman was arrested early Monday after being charged with deliberately setting fire to a vehicle and camper trailer on Dawson Road. Angelica Shaw, 37, is currently lodged in North Central Regional Jail on $100,000 bond, the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department ...

River Road VFD looking for suitable land for a new fire station

The River Road Volunteer Fire Department needs a new station.  But first, it needs to find somewhere to build it.  RRVFD Assistant Chief Mickey Rinehart said the building that houses the current station, at 1701 River Road, was already standing when the department purchased it ...

Alabama man arrested for starting forest fires

An Alabama man was arrested by West Virginia State Police after allegedly starting multiple brush fires in the area of Wiseman Road and Glory Barn Road in Monongalia County.  According to Mathias Gomez-Tschrnko with River Road Volunteer Fire Department, firefighters and the West ...

A burning desire to help: Cheat Lake woman fights fires, not age

You’re never too old to learn a new skill — just ask Cheat Lake resident Peggy Paulick.  Paulick was one of 19 local volunteer firefighters from various departments who graduated March 24 from West Virginia Public Safety Training’s Fire Fighter 1 class and are now ready to ...