CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s top-ranking Republican, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, says there’s no place for the kind of anti-Muslim display that was part of a “GOP Day” […]
Government
House and Senate budgets part ways on teacher pay raises
CHARLESTON — The budgets in the state Senate and House of Delegates are on a collision course, with the biggest difference – predictably – a pay raise for […]
Kingwood building owners pay city for work, tenants move out
KINGWOOD — The owner of the Herring Building has paid Kingwood for the awning it erected to protect people from falling stones. And the building’s only tenant, […]
DOH promises Preston road help
KINGWOOD — After two days of riding on Preston County roads, State Transportation Secretary Tom Smith presented his plan Wednesday to make them better. But there are […]
Commission approves extension for EMS merger
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission amended the county’s ambulance service provider agreement on Wednesday to allow more time for the merger of Mon EMS and WVU […]
After mandate from Gov. Justice, state transportation secretary to tour Preston Roads today
KINGWOOD — State Transportation Secretary Tom Smith is to tour Preston County roads today. In a news release Tuesday, Gov. Jim Justice said he directed the Division […]
Morgantown Council to move on Suncrest Elementary annexation, gets hangar update
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown will move forward with efforts to annex property around Suncrest Elementary School, and the city’s airport hangar project will likely need an additional $600,000 […]
Campus Carry Bill moves to 3rd reading with 16 amendments pending; medical cannabis integration bill sees 3 amendments
CHARLESTON — Many at the Capitol awaited House action on HB 2519, the so-called Campus Carry Bill, when the House resumed action Tuesday afternoon and took up […]
Senate bill requires overdose reporting within 72 hours via app
CHARLESTON — The state Senate gave unanimous approval to a bill Tuesday that would speed up the time in which overdoses in West Virginia are to be […]
Justice hopes Senate will move forward with pay raise bill for educators, state employees
CHARLESTON — Early last October, state lawmakers stood with Gov. Jim Justice as he promised a pay raise for teachers and other state employees. Justice pledged “that […]
