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” at the state […]
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New Mon County magistrate named
MORGANTOWN — James Timothy Pocius has been named to fill Monongalia County Magistrate Court’s vacant seat. He was appointed by Chief Circuit Court Judge Susan Tucker in an order on […]
Traffic on I-79 stopped for hours after accident
MORGANTOWN — A collision near mile marker 159 on Interstate 79 stopped traffic for about five hours on Friday. According to West Virginia 511, both lanes reopened about 2:30 p.m. […]
Senate Judiciary sails through approval of medical cannabis banking bill
CHARLESTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee breezed through approval of the medical cannabis program banking bill in a matter of minutes Friday morning. Sen. Mike Romano. D-Harrison, provided the only […]
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 teachers. The House […]
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 […]
