MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates on Wednesday passed a Senate bill regarding vacant legislative seats, quibbled over a Senate bill up for amendment and OK’d Senate […]
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Senate OKs House bills for car dealer tax break, rebooting film tax credit, ensuring post-surgery visitation by family members
MORGANTOWN – New car dealers could see a tax break if a House bill revamped and passed Wednesday by the Senate completes its legislative journey. That bill, […]
‘Mohigan Idol’ raises more than $40K for WVU Medicine Children’s
The votes are in for the 2022 edition of “Mohigan Idol” and the winner is … WVU Medicine Children’s. And a passel of performing students from across […]
Removal of mask mandate for county facilities under consideration
MORGANTOWN — Members of the Monongalia County Commission said removal of the mask mandate for county facilities will be under consideration as the county’s COVID numbers continue […]
Getting back to ‘normal’ in Mon’s schools
Monongalia County’s school district is continuing to inch to its way to what passes for normalcy in the (maybe) post-pandemic world. That was the message Superintendent Eddie […]
Preston Commission adopts annexation application
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Commission approved an application form for submitting annexation by minor boundary adjustment requests, as the town of Reedsville looks to bring the […]
House bill to reduce inspections of oil and gas brine tanks near drinking water intakes gets tabled in Senate Energy
MORGANTOWN – A House oil and gas bill that has caused some concern in the environmental community met its apparent end it Senate Energy on Tuesday. HB […]
House passes $4.6B budget bill, sends it back to the Senate; Senate OKs House bill to fill Jenkins’ state Supreme Court seat and sends it back
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates continued progress on crafting a state budget Tuesday, pasting its budget bill into the Senate’s and sending it back to the […]
Active COVID cases below 2K; Justice spends most of briefing railing against reporter
For the first time since summer, West Virginia has fewer than 2,000 active coronavirus cases. During his Monday briefing, Gov. Jim Justice said the state clocked in […]
House approves Senate state employee pay raise bill — with $10,000 raise for state troopers
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates approved the Senate’s state employee pay raise bill on Monday – with an extra boost for state troopers. The additional raise […]