KINGWOOD — Fourteen new cases Tuesday, 30 on Wednesday, another 20 on Thursday. The number of COVID-19 cases is mounting at an unprecedented rate in Preston County, […]
Author: Kathy Plum, The Dominion Post
Preston Commission agrees to pay deputies for unused vacation and comp days
KINGWOOD — Preston County Commissioners agreed Thursday to a buy out and/or trade off of comp and vacation days sheriff’s deputies would lose Dec. 31 because they […]
Commission discusses deputies’ vacation, sick days
KINGWOOD — The Preston Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday to further discuss whether to allow deputy sheriffs to convert unused vacation days to sick days, […]
Heat For Preston Thanksgiving dinner canceled
Organization still accepting donations, applications KINGWOOD — Heat For Preston won’t serve its annual Thanksgiving fundraising dinner, but cash donations are being accepted and applications taken for […]
Albright man charged with murder
KINGWOOD — An Albright man is charged with second-degree murder after allegedly killing his girlfriend’s cousin. Andrew Woods Prudnick, 28, is in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail […]
Free COVID testing in Preston
KINGWOOD — Free COVID-19 testing is available at four locations in Preston County. At the most recent Preston County Board of Health meeting, County Health Department Director […]
Maryland man charged with attempted armed robbery of Kingwood Hardee’s
KINGWOOD — A Maryland man is charged with the attempted armed robbery of the Kingwood Hardee’s restaurant. Bradley Scott Savage, 43, of Mountain Lake Park, Md., was […]
DEP proposes fine against Preston dam contractor
REEDSVILLE — The State Department of Environmental Protection is proposing a $61,725 penalty against the contractor that built the Public Service District 1 dam. The proposed consent […]
BOH concerned for employee burnout
Workers work seven days a week for sometimes 10 hours KINGWOOD — Extra pay is good but can we do anything to help prevent employee burnout, Preston […]
Preston County looks for principal
With Plum’s move to transportation, position opens up KINGWOOD — The search is on for a new principal for Preston County’s only high school. On Monday, the […]
