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 teachers. The House […]
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Magistrate Summers retires, heads to new position
MORGANTOWN — Magistrate Darris Summers is officially retired as a Monongalia County Magistrate as of March 1. “I thought it was a good time [to retire],” Summers, 62, on March […]
Man who hit pedestrian in crosswalk sentenced
MORGANTOWN — The Granville man who struck a WVU student in a crosswalk on Monongahela Boulevard in February 2018 was sentenced in Monongalia County Magistrate Court on Thursday. Garrett Tederick […]
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 bills for second […]
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 reported to the […]
Governor, lawmakers take flurry of action on secondary roads
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice has directed a team of of DOH officials, including Department of Transportation Secretary Tom Smith, to form a rapid response team to address concerns over road […]
High winds caused damage, power outages Sunday night
MORGANTOWN — Thirty downed trees in three hours. Overturned carports and shattered fast-food restaurant signs. Downed electrical lines, sparking and snaking across driveways. And that was just in Monongalia County. […]
Move to kill Campus Carry Bill on 1st reading sparks heated debate
CHARLESTON — An effort to kill the so-called Campus Carry Bill at the end of Monday’s evening House session led to a heated debate on the floor. HB 2519, the […]
House Judiciary OK’s anti-hazing bill aimed at dissociated WVU fraternities
CHARLESTON — The House Judiciary Committee on Monday approved without debate — but not without some trepidation — SB 440, which will extend state anti-hazing law to the five fraternities […]
Getting to WVU (part II): Mentor predicts Neal Brown will ‘be the best coach they’ve ever had’
SECOND OF A TWO-PART STORY: The first chapter on West Virginia’s new football coach appeared in Sunday’s edition of The Dominion Post. MORGANTOWN — The mad dash to National Signing Day […]
