MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Planning Commission has given its blessing to a zoning text amendment that would prohibit any new tobacco/vape shops from opening downtown. It’s recommending Morgantown City Council […]
Local Government
A look at area state Legislature primary races: Some are competitive, some are not
MORGANTOWN — Tuesday’s primary election will see a handful of competitive races for area state legislative seats — a few will sail through to face an opponent in November, and […]
Morrisey leads GOP gubernatorial hopefuls in fundraising and polls
MORGANTOWN — With days to go before the May 14 primary election, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has been leading his five GOP rivals in fundraising and in the polls for […]
Four of five secretary of state candidates subsidizing their own campaigns
THIS STORY has been updated to correct a typographical error. MORGANTOWN — Secretary of State candidate Kris Warner remains the only one of five seeking the office to rely primarily […]
Preston Commission mulls nonprofit’s parking request
KINGWOOD — Three executive sessions, two for personnel and one to discuss the county’s IT contract, ended in no action taken at the recent Preston County Commission meeting. Following the […]
Mon County opens grant process for directly allocated opioid dollars
MORGANTOWN — When it comes to the state’s opioid-settlement dollars, there are two pools of money. There’s nearly $1 billion dollars to be distributed at the state level through the […]
Commission says it needs details on Bartlett House situation
MORGANTOWN — Members of the Monongalia County Commission said Wednesday they are not comfortable providing a financial lifeline to Bartlett Housing Solutions until the agency opens up its books. Commissioner […]
Poll: Justice maintains big lead over Mooney in U.S. Senate race
Gov. Jim Justice has a big lead over Congressman Alex Mooney in the race for U.S. Senate. Justice has support of 67% of the likely voters in the coming Republican […]
Senator to have reps in all 55 counties
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced his office will launch Commonsense Connections Week May 6-10. Representatives from Manchin’s office will visit all 55 counties to hear West Virginians’ priorities and […]
Towing inflationary index to be studied by PSC
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia decided to begin a general investigation into whether to approve annual towing rates based on an appropriate inflationary index. Parties interested in the […]
