MORGANTOWN – Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R.-W.Va., and Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., all issued comments on President Biden’s Tuesday announcement that the Department […]
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W.Va., 12 other states win federal suit against Treasury regarding American Rescue Plan’s block on state tax cuts
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey recently announced victory in a 13-state bipartisan lawsuit filed against the U.S. Treasury Department regarding an American Rescue Plan […]
Longtime water board attorney plans to retire
KINGWOOD — Sheila K. Williams, attorney for the Kingwood Water Board, is retiring. Williams told board members she would be “taking down her shingle Dec. 20.” She […]
Mon Power/Potomac Edison plan five solar plants to produce 50 mw of power; largest would be in Mon County
MORGANTOWN — Mon Power and Potomac Energy — subsidiaries of FirstEnergy, have applied to the state Public Service Commission to build five solar power plants that would […]
Sen. Capito comments on Elizabeth Warren’s request for Biden to pardon all nonviolent cannabis offenders
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., recently joined with two other senators to ask President Biden to pardon everyone who’s ever been convicted of a nonviolent cannabis […]
Van Voorhis project plans raise questions about bank location, eminent domain
MORGANTOWN — The BB&T bank located at the corner of W.Va. 705 (Chestnut Ridge Road) and Van Voorhis Road is partially built on a 2,214 square-foot strip […]
Justice: FDA OKs booster for all 18 and up
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice happily noted that the FDA expanded COVID vaccine booster eligibility on Friday – a message he’d been trying to get across for […]
‘Northern bypass’ used to push Roads to Prosperity vote no longer a state priority
MORGANTOWN — The crown jewel of the Roads to Prosperity sales pitch in Monongalia County is all but off the table as far as the state is […]
Preston water utilities using 911 warning system
KINGWOOD — Preston County’s Wireless Emergency Notification System (WENS) is something of a success story. That’s what Duane Hamilton, Director of the Preston County Office of Emergency […]
Capito comments on infrastructure bill, drug overdose deaths, during talk with W.Va. press
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Zoomed with members of the West Virginia press Thursday and much of the conversation focused on the passage and signing […]
