KINGWOOD — Kingwood City Council members are considering hiring Trenton Cooper, a building code inspector from Elkins. If hired, he would be contracted by job and would not receive insurance […]
Local Government
Mon Commission to host 13-county meeting to select one member of opiate settlement board
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission learned Monday that it has about a month to bring 13 counties together to elect one person to help oversee the distribution of hundreds […]
PEIA: open enrollment active following changes
Managers of the Public Employees Insurance Agency are encouraged by open enrollment, which has come after big changes to the program. And they are monitoring the results of opt-ins for […]
Solid Waste Authority hears about youth program opportunities
KINGWOOD — Preston County Solid Waste Authority board members met in regular session Wednesday evening. The agenda included a visit by Jo Ann Snoderly, Youth Environmental Program District 1 Coordinator. […]
SUPCO: Don’t sue the gov. over charter schools
In a question of whether West Virginia’s system for approving charter schools is constitutional, the state Supreme Court has ruled that Gov. Jim Justice isn’t the guy who should be […]
Lots owned by Justice and his businesses listed as up for auction
Properties owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family’s network of businesses are listed among lots for sale at county courthouses next week. The properties in Raleigh and Wyoming counties […]
SP head: Troopers were ‘ambushed’
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — State Police Superintendent Col. Jack Chambers confirmed Monday that Sgt. Cory Maynard and other troopers were “ambushed” while responding to a shooting call Friday in […]
Mon Power, Hope Gas seek rate increases from PSC
CHARLESTON — Two West Virginia utilities are asking the state Public Service Commission for a rate increase. Both Hope Gas and Mon Power/Potomac Edison made filings this week with the […]
Federal lawsuit filed over unpaid civil penalties by Justice companies
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a civil filing over unpaid penalties by more than a dozen companies Gov. Jim Justice and his family. The filing does not name Jim […]
Regional gov’ts protest utility increases in Fayette, Mercer, Cabell
Local governments are protesting rate increase proposals by two big utilities, Appalachian Power and West Virginia American Water. “With a median household income $8,000 less than the average for our […]
