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Free dinner planned for flood responders, volunteers

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BUCKHANNON – A free community dinner is being planned as a “thank you” to all the “volunteers, first responders, organizations and community members who came together” during the deadly flooding in Upshur and Lewis counties in July 21. WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital will host the “Stronger Together Free Community Dinner” from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 — a month to the day after the flooding began — at the Daily Grind, located at 20 Raella Lane in Buckhannon. “In the days following the flood, we saw an incredible example of what makes this community so ...

Lawmakers question Flock Safety over data security

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CHARLESTON – A company executive with Flock Safety defended their Automated License Plate Reader technology as a vital tool for “precision policing” that helps solve crimes and recover missing persons, while opponents argue these AI-powered cameras threaten Fourth Amendment privacy ...

2nd annual Denim & Diamonds set for Aug. 22

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ELKINS – The Elkins-Randolph County Chamber of Commerce invites the community to “dust off your boots” and attend the second-annual Denim & Diamonds event. The event is set for Saturday, Aug. 22 at the Dakan Arena at 4-H Camp Pioneer in Beverly. The gates will open at 5:30 p.m. and ...

Coalition to power next generation of manufacturing

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Five years. That’s how long Erienne Olesh expected to stay in Morgantown when she arrived at West Virginia University to pursue a doctorate in neuroscience. She planned to earn her PhD and build a career researching treatments for stroke patients and concussions. Instead, WVU gave her ...

Lawmakers blast rising costs, data failures

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CHARLESTON – A recent audit of the West Virginia Department of Human Services found a potential for $68 million in savings, but department officials said that could take years to realize and lawmakers expressed frustration at growing expenses for the data program underpinning the entire ...

Grand jury to hear attempted murder case

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ELKINS — Probable cause has been found in the case of a Barbour County woman accused of attempted murder after allegedly shooting another woman in the face during an altercation near Pickens. Regina Lea Collette, 45, of Philippi, has been charged with attempted murder, a felony. She is ...