A federal agency is investigating how West Virginia treats its intellectually disabled population. The state’s secretary of Health and Human Resources says the agency is cooperating, and […]
Government
Hanshaw: ‘We will have some significant reorganization of our leadership’ in House
House Speaker Roger Hanshaw has knocked down a leadership challenge, but also says changes are straight ahead for some committee chairs and other leadership positions. Hanshaw wasn’t […]
Former Defense in Depth training facility back before Morgantown City Council
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council can finalize a deal making the former Defense in Depth gun range a training facility for the city’s first responders when it […]
AG Morrisey leads multi-state brief in lawsuit against Biden Administration proposed national fuel economy standards
MORGANTOWN – State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading another multi-state effort against what it considers another Biden Administration end run on Congress to hasten its green […]
Gov. appoints Foster director of the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training
Gov. Jim Justice announced Tuesday that he appointed Frank Foster as the new director of the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training. He fills the position […]
Capito talks with WV press about broadband, Respect for Marriage Act and more
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is encouraging West Virginia residents to participate in improving West Virginia’s broadband service by going online and checking the validity of […]
Putnam County Democrat Sen. Glenn Jeffries switches parties, grows GOP supermajority
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate Republican mega-majority grew another notch on Thursday, as Putnam County Democrat Sen. Glenn Jeffries announced a party switch. “I have the greatest […]
No timeline on new University Town Centre traffic lights
MORGANTOWN — Just over a year after the town of Granville, the Monongalia County Commission and developer WestRidge agreed to split the cost of addressing two problem […]
Parties in Mon Power rate hike proposal case trade critiques of each others’ ideas
MORGANTOWN – The state Public Service Commission has received a new round of testimony regarding Mon Power and Potomac Edison’s request to raise customer power rates. It […]
Justice discusses belated revelation of proclamation ending state COVID emergency effective Jan. 1
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice issued a proclamation to end the pandemic state of emergency back on Nov. 12, but never announced it, so the public didn’t […]
