MORGANTOWN – Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill Crouch said Thursday that the Save Our Care program to help hospitals and nursing facilities cope with the Delta surge […]
Government
Park superintendent resigns, Mon Commission certifies BOE levy election
The Monongalia County Commission held a brief mid-meeting executive session Wednesday before voting to accept the resignation of Camp Muffly superintendent Misty Seum. Seum, who was in attendance, was given […]
Del. Sypolt briefs Preston Commission on redistricting effort
KINGWOOD — Preston County’s population is just barely large enough after the 2020 census that it will be represented by two delegates without taking population from another county after the […]
Morrisey addresses vaccine mandate questions during Morgantown town hall
MORGANTOWN – Attorney General Patrick Morrisey held a town hall meeting at Mylan Park Wednesday afternoon as part of his visit to the area. He opened with a recap on […]
Capito joins GOP press conference calling on Biden to address border crisis
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., joined with other GOP senators for a Wednesday press conference to urge the Biden administration to reverse course on its illegal immigration policy […]
Preston abandoned and dilapidated property ordinance passes second reading
KINGWOOD — No one showed up to speak at the public hearing and second reading of the proposed abandoned and dilapidated property ordinance at the Preston County Commission’s regular meeting […]
Conversion therapy ban gets first nod, masks mandated for city meetings
MORGANTOWN — Tuesday’s public input on the banning of conversion therapy was fairly lengthy as a dozen or so speakers addressed the issues — all but one encouraging its removal […]
Local NAACP branch calls on Westover’s Stranko to resign for Danielle Walker insult
MORGANTOWN – The Morgantown/Kingwood Branch of the NAACP has called on Westover City Attorney Tim Stranko to resign in the wake of his referring to Delegate Danielle Walker as a […]
Justice names Jimmy Wriston as new Transportation secretary
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice announced that he appointed Jimmy Wriston as secretary of the West Virginia Department of Transportation, taking over for previous Secretary Byrd White, who retired in […]
Public invited to provide comment on Region VI economic development strategy via online survey
MORGANTOWN – The Region VI Planning and Development Council appointed a coalition of regional leaders to a Strategy Committee. The first priority for the committee is to develop a Comprehensive […]
