Dent's Run cleanup project slips behind schedule
State official says bids for the second reclamation series will be let July 2 in Charleston for 17 abandoned strip mine sites and sewer works. Weather delays push progress six months. silt buildup and weir blocks also hinder measurements and water quality assessments. Local officials seek updated engineering surveys and cross‑jurisdiction plans for Westover Granville Morgantown area.
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Charleston
Dent’s Run
Doin Caldwell
State Department of Natural Resources
Caldwell
Dent
John McKinney
Westover
Dent's Run
McKinney
Westover-Granville
Appalachian Regional Commission
ARC
Halliburtton, Inc
Monongahela River
Morgantown
Preston County Board weighs Kingwood High gym plan changes
Preston County Board of Education may cut other projects to fund a new gym at Kingwood High School as cost pressures threaten the revised plan. The district had proposed consolidations and new facilities but faces a roughly $1 million shortfall even with a Sept. 18 bond election. If cuts fail, the gym may not be built, angering residents and local groups like the Kingwood Better Schools Committee.
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Kingwood
Preston County Board of Eduction
Kingwood High School
Masontown Valley
New Valley
Tunnelton-Newburg
Bruceton
Terra Alta
Valley
Kingwood High
Preston County
John Miller
Miller
Dr. Miller
Kingwood Better Schools Committee
Local area industry to pause as vacations hit coal glass sectors
Coal mines in 10 Consolidation Coal Co sites and 3 Eastern Associated Coal Corp mines close for vacation from now until July 7. Glass plants Bailey Glass Beaumont Davis Lynch Seneca observe vacations June 29 to July 16, with maintenance crews and watchmen active. Rockwell International Building Components plans partial shutdown through July 26. Workers with multiple vacation weeks take extra time individually.
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Rockwell International
Sterling
Consolidation Coal Co
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Bailey Glass Co
Beaumont
Davis-Lynch
Seneca Glass
Rockwell
Preston crash claims Masontown man in fatal collision
A collision on West Virginia 7 near Preston killed Robert John Blosser, 19, of Masontown, when his 1964 Ford van collided with Clair G. Wilkinson's 1973 Ford pickup. Six others were hospitalized or treated. the van and truck sustained damage estimated at $1,000. No citations were issued.
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Kingwood
W.va
Here
Masontown
Robert John Blosser
Preston Memorial Hospital
Clair G. Wilkinson
Preston County
Blosser
George Sinclair
Gary Leonard
Randall Ashley
Katherine Pegley
Ralph Laren
University Hospital
David Lee Allen
Wilkinson
Man Versus Machine in Morgantown Pedestrian Rights
Morgantown pedestrians have the legal right of way but face long waits at crosswalks and intersections without walk signals. Morgantown Police Chief Bennie Palmer urges crossing only at designated points and notes TOPICS program will add walk signals by September to ease street safety.
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Peter A. Laqueur
Dominion-Post
Rome
London
Paris
America
Morgantown
High Street
High
Walnut Streets
Bennie Palmer
Palmer
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