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 […]
Government
Kingwood building owners pay city for work, tenants move out
KINGWOOD — The owner of the Herring Building has paid Kingwood for the awning it erected to protect people from falling stones. And the building’s only tenant, Preston Home Medical, […]
DOH promises Preston road help
KINGWOOD — After two days of riding on Preston County roads, State Transportation Secretary Tom Smith presented his plan Wednesday to make them better. But there are limitations, he explained […]
Commission approves extension for EMS merger
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission amended the county’s ambulance service provider agreement on Wednesday to allow more time for the merger of Mon EMS and WVU Hospitals Health Team […]
After mandate from Gov. Justice, state transportation secretary to tour Preston Roads today
KINGWOOD — State Transportation Secretary Tom Smith is to tour Preston County roads today. In a news release Tuesday, Gov. Jim Justice said he directed the Division of Highways to […]
Morgantown Council to move on Suncrest Elementary annexation, gets hangar update
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown will move forward with efforts to annex property around Suncrest Elementary School, and the city’s airport hangar project will likely need an additional $600,000 to hit an […]
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 […]
Justice hopes Senate will move forward with pay raise bill for educators, state employees
CHARLESTON — Early last October, state lawmakers stood with Gov. Jim Justice as he promised a pay raise for teachers and other state employees. Justice pledged “that we’re going, in […]
Bill lowering severance tax for steam coal is moving in House
CHARLESTON — A bill lowering severance taxes on thermal or steam coal in West Virginia from five percent to three percent will next be taken up on the floor of […]
