MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission will sit down with new West Virginia Department of Transportation Secretary Byrd White and Jimmy Wriston, acting commissioner of the state […]
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Right-to-Work possibly headed for oral arguments before state Supreme Court
CHARLESTON — Full arguments before the state Supreme Court could be the next step for West Virginia’s right-to-work law after the Court issued a stay of a […]
Brake receives scholarship to attend program at Harvard’s Kennedy School
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Manager Paul Brake will be heading to Harvard this summer to take part in the Kennedy School Senior Executives in State and Local […]
Project collects stories of those who rely on Medicaid
BRIDGEPORT — One-third of West Virginians rely on Medicaid to access potentially life-saving health care. West Virginians Together for Medicaid held a press conference last week at […]
Michigan man sentenced for oxycodone distribution
CLARKSBURG — Sean Miller Phillips Jr., of Eastpointe, Michigan, was sentenced April 1 to 18 months incarceration for oxycodone distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced. Phillips, […]
Former Kingwood city employee charged with stealing more than $30,000
KINGWOOD — A former Kingwood city worker is charged with stealing more than $30,000 while working at the garbage transfer station. Dana Robert Cobb, 27, of Terra […]
After brief dip in temps, April weather to warm up
MORGANTOWN — That sound you heard Sunday was March going out like a lion. A 40-degree drop in temperature made the month’s leonine exit easy to ascertain […]
FFA members compete in ham, bacon and egg show
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Future Farmers of America held their 70th annual ham, bacon and egg show Friday. Thirty-two FFA members participated in the show with […]
Interactive gaming bill becomes law
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s interacting gaming bill is now law after Gov. Jim Justice failed to act on House Bill 2934 before the deadline last Wednesday. According […]
Student heads to D.C. for advocacy summit
MORGANTOWN — At the height of West Virginia’s opioid crisis in 2016, one Mountain State resident was dying of a drug overdose every 10 hours. One every […]
