KINGWOOD — The mayor and city supervisor said they were unable to convince the State Division of Highways (DOH) to budge on several traffic issues in town. […]
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Preston County BOE clarifies where levy funds are spent
KINGWOOD — How the school levy impacts sports and fundraising by boosters was clarified at this week’s Preston County Board of Education meeting. Representatives of the Preston […]
Camp Flintlock’s colonial reenactment visits St. Francis
Adam Young played his share of bleak, post-Apocalyptic video games when he was kid — but not for the reasons you might think. He wasn’t zoning out […]
BOE launches program to help students leave stress at home
The majority of Mountain State students who enter high school as freshmen leave like they’re supposed to. That is, four years later (or thereabouts), they gleefully turn […]
Kingwood man denied acquittal, new trial
KINGWOOD — Motions for an acquittal and a new trial were denied for a Kingwood man Tuesday. George Elmer Dumire was indicted by the March Grand Jury […]
Decreased water levels send boats to dry land; drop expected to continue
A number of Cheat Lake boaters are hurrying to get their vessels on dry land after receiving news — most of it through texts and social media […]
Three past Queen Ceres tend to former mentor’s garden
KINGWOOD — Bill and Mildred Lindley have been involved with the Preston County Buckwheat Festival since 1966. Earlier this year, Mildred died of cancer. She was a […]
West Run Road closed this week
West Run Road, near Point Marion Road, will be closed due to drilling Monday through Friday, according to Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer. The road will be […]
Funeral costs continue to rise and prepaying guards against inflation
Forty percent of Jason Smith’s business comes from pre-paid funerals. And that number is steadily increasing, said Smith, owner of Smith Funeral & Cremation Care in Westover. […]
Trump’s plan to cut SNAP benefits could harm thousands
More than 3,400 households in Monongalia County could lose government assistance for basic food needs if a government plan to curtail the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or […]
