After more than an hour of debate, West Virginia delegates passed a bill that would ban aspects of gender affirming care for minors. House Bill 2007 was passed 84-10 with […]
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COVID money builds baseball field?
Senators are trailing the Justice administration’s transfer of the remaining $28 million in federal COVID relief dollars to a fund controlled by the Governor’s Office, which then put millions of […]
AG Morrisey meets with Morgantown Area Partnership members to share his office’s work
MORGANTOWN – State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey spent some time with members of the Morgantown Area Partnership on Friday, talking about some of the work of his office and fielding […]
A sampling of bills introduced Friday, Feb. 3
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Friday, Feb. 3. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted.
House passes sanctuary city, credit card gun sales bills; Senate recognizes homeschoolers
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates approved a bill on Friday aimed at keeping sanctuary cities from popping up in West Virginia and sent it to the Senate. The original […]
Aquatic Center at Mylan Park lands second national diving event in six-month span
MORGANTOWN — You don’t get a lot of celebratory woo-woos in your average Morgantown City Council meeting. But Visit Mountaineer Country CVB Executive Director Susan Riddle had to break one […]
Man facing 5 misdemeanor charges after refusing to leave Hazel’s House of Hope
A Morgantown man is facing five misdemeanor charges after police had to forcibly remove him from Hazel’s House of Hope Wednesday evening. Morgantown police were called after a man, later […]
Attorney general mobile office updates plans to be in area
A representative from the office of West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey will meet with north-central West Virginia residents in this month to discuss consumer-related issues and answer any questions. […]
Last abortion clinic in W.Va. files federal suit
Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, which had been the state’s last abortion clinic, has filed a federal lawsuit over the ban passed last fall. The plaintiffs are asking the […]
Many question governor’s plans for ARPA funds
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice submitted a bill meant to transfer $678 million in federal American Rescue Plan dollars to state development funds. Not everybody thinks that’s a great idea. […]
