As concern about conditions in West Virginia’s jails has festered, the state’s new inspector general for Homeland Security has started unannounced visits to facilities, spending long days […]
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$3.2 million granted for water upgrades in Ripley and Mannington
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $3,229,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the City of Ripley and the City […]
YCF announces 2024 board officers
Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia Inc. (YCF) recently announced its 2024 Board of Directors leadership team: Chair Joshua Rogers (Monongalia County), Vice Chair Jenny […]
January revenue exceeds estimates by $485M
West Virginia’s state revenue collections are still outpacing estimates. The state’s January revenue figures released Thursday showed the collections exceeded estimates by $52 million. Total year-to-date general […]
Committee advances air quality monitoring bill
The House Energy Committee had a vigorous discussion and then advanced a bill that would define standards for community programs to monitor and analyze information about air […]
State would increase tax to address Medicaid gap
CHARLESTON — West Virginia faces a $114 million Medicaid gap along with a proposal to fill it, but the Senate Finance chairman is concerned about financial consequences […]
Blankenship registers to run as a Democrat for U.S. Senate
Don Blankenship, political lightning rod and former coal titan who spent a year in jail on a mine safety conspiracy conviction, is running as a Democrat for […]
Delegates examine changes to West Virginia elections laws
The House Judiciary Committee advanced a couple of bills affecting West Virginia election laws. The bills were left over from a Judiciary Committee agenda earlier in the […]
Public hearing over bill that could criminalize library content brings out books
The first speaker at a public hearing on opening West Virginia’s obscenity laws to prosecution of library representatives read right away from a book describing oral sex, […]
Hopefuls for Attorney General position file for candidacy
CHARLESTON — The race for Attorney General in West Virginia is shaping up. State Auditor J.B. McCuskey, state Sen. Mike Stuart, both Republicans, filed for the May […]
