MORGANTOWN – The Senate approved a bill on Thursday to end the 1-cent pop tax that provides funds to the WVU medical school and replace it with […]
Education
Preston County Youth Center looks to start after-school programming
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Youth Center wants to help parents spend more quality time with their kids in the evening. “We’re taking over the part of […]
Mon BOE: Quarantining going away (but not masks, not yet)
Monongalia County is losing its COVID blush by degrees. On Wednesday, Mon was showing gold on the County Alert map maintained by the state Department of Health […]
Speakers overwhelmingly oppose anti-CRT bill during House of Delegates public hearing
MORGANTOWN — A House bill to keep Critical Race Theory out of West Virginia public schools met overwhelming opposition during a Wednesday public hearing in the House […]
House of Delegates OKs bill to enable advanced recycling of plastics, promote manufacturing
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed a bill on Tuesday that members hope will bring more manufacturing to the state. The Senate approved one to promote […]
Mylan Park students learn a unique (and colorful) way to reduce stress
Remember the snow globe you had when you were a kid? You loved that thing. You could shake it and put that winter scene into motion, and […]
Mon school district to relax contact tracing for COVID
Monday marked the first day, and the first week since the pandemic hit, that county schools won’t be undergoing extensive contact tracing among students and staffers when […]
Smith: ‘Everybody is in agreement’ that five-day isolation is sufficient for positive cases
MORGANTOWN — An apparent shift has occurred locally in regard to the length of isolation deemed necessary for individuals who test positive for COVID-19. It was publicly […]
Superintendent of Preston Schools intends to retire
KINGWOOD — Preston County Schools will have a new superintendent when the bell rings in a new school year this fall. Superintendent Stephen Wotring announced at a […]
Commission gets CARES update
KINGWOOD — A little over half of Preston County’s CARES money has been allocated. County Administrator Kathy Mace gave an update on where the county stands on […]
