CHARLESTON — Medicaid dollars often are the magic ingredient for the state budget, and this year is no different. When the Senate and House of Delegates considered […]
Government
Justice, looking for roads money, is conflicted about severance tax cut
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice, who is looking for money to improve West Virginia roads, said this week he isn’t sure what he’ll do with legislation that […]
Morgantown eliminates attorney in favor of deal with area law firm
MORGANTOWN — The City of Morgantown is eliminating the municipal attorney as an in-house employee, opting instead to enter into a retainer agreement with a local law […]
Virginia man charged with threatening House Delegate Porterfield
CHARLESTON — A Virginia resident has been charged in connection with threats he allegedly made against West Virginia House of Delegates member Eric Porterfield, R-Mercer. Jonathan George Benfer, 49, […]
Manchin and Justice exchange fire — again — over W.Va. road conditions
CHARLESTON — If anyone has condiments to lend, Senator Joe Manchin is consuming these words: “I believe that Jim Justice is uniquely qualified to handle the major challenges […]
Monongalia, Preston commissioners say Justice’s road remarks short on details
MORGANTOWN — Absolutely not. That was Monongalia County Commission President Tom Bloom’s response when asked if Governor Jim Justice’s Wednesday press conference caused him to back off […]
State DOH workers clean pipes, ditches in Preston County
KINGWOOD — State Division of Highways workers from around the state are in Preston County, working to clean ditches and pipes. Darby Clayton of DOH District 4, […]
Governor Justice: ‘I told the people of this state we were going to fix the damn roads’
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice says West Virginia needs to go back to basics to improve road conditions. “We weren’t getting it done at the pace it […]
Granville, Westover present annexation plans to county commission
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission took receipt of two annexation requests — one from Westover and one from Granville — during its regular Wednesday meeting. In […]
Kingwood City Clerk resigns
KINGWOOD — City Clerk Mary Howell has resigned, citing behavior she witnessed that made her unhappy. Council made the announcement after an executive session with Howell at […]
