MORGANTOWN — At the heart of Article 1157 is General Order 339. Article 1157, titled “camping on public property,” is the proposed citywide ban on camping or using “camp paraphernalia” on […]
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PSC Consumer Advocate Division supports proposed rules for fire hydrants; House Infrastructure chair suggests some tweaks
MORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission is reviewing a set of proposed rules for testing fire hydrants submitted by a task force. The PSC’s Consumer Advocate Division offered its […]
County announces first round of opioid settlement grant awards
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved $626,900 to 13 agencies, concluding its first opioid settlement grant process. In addition to the hundreds of millions of settlement dollars […]
Judge: Justice business officers will be fined daily
Two officers in Gov. Jim Justice’s sprawling family business have been held in civil contempt by a federal judge who concluded they have stonewalled about financial information in a longstanding […]
Justice announces sales tax holiday
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice announced that West Virginians in need of materials for the upcoming school year will be able to save money during the state’s back-to-school sales tax […]
State withdraws two liens against Justice’s Greenbrier Hotel
The State of West Virginia has withdrawn two liens against The Greenbrier Hotel, which is owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family, that were originally put in place over […]
$7.9M will help strengthen healthcare services, medical research
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $7,941,452 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support critical medical research, hospital preparedness, […]
Encampment ban discussion on Tuesday’s city council agenda
MORGANTOWN — A citywide ban on camping or using “camp paraphernalia” on any public property will be up for discussion when Morgantown City Council convenes for Tuesday’s committee-of-the-whole session. Included […]
Move over, Babydog: Jim Justice is getting a bobblehead, too
First Babydog, now Big Jim. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee announced Friday that Justice, the sitting West Virginia governor and current candidate for U.S. Senate, […]
Federal prison oversight bill cosponsored by Manchin and Capito signed into law
President Biden signed into law on Thursday the Federal Prison Oversight Act — a bill cosponsored by Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito to address problems in the federal […]
