MORGANTOWN — The effort to combine four entities tasked with fostering investment and development in the greater Morgantown area continues. The Morgantown Area Partnership is the umbrella entity under which […]
Local Government
Westover moves to annex almost 400 acres
WESTOVER — Westover’s council took the first official step to again expand its borders by annexing almost 400 acres including West Ridge at its regular meeting Monday night. The proposed […]
Justice says he’ll take teacher pay raise talks to all W.Va. lawmakers
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice said he will play a more direct role in legislative budget discussions, particularly relating to a teacher pay raise that he has backed for months. “What […]
Caputo loses House committee assignments after angry incident
CHARLESTON — House Speaker Roger Hanshaw says Minority Whip Mike Caputo will lose his committee assignments for the rest of the legislative session after angrily forcing open a door that […]
Morgantown Council to take up $37.3 million spending plan
MORGANTOWN — City finances will be the focus of conversation Tuesday when Morgantown City Council meets in regular session. Included on the meeting agenda is a first reading of an […]
State DOT secretary tours Preston roads
KINGWOOD — State Transportation Secretary Tom Smith provided information as well as taking it in, during two days of touring Preston County last week. Smith and members of his staff, […]
House of Delegates passes budget with teacher pay raises, severance tax cut
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates passed a state budget that would include long-promised teacher pay raises as well as a $30 million severance tax cut for steam coal. The […]
Senator Capito on anti-Muslim display at GOP event: ‘I deplore what happened’
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s top-ranking Republican, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, says there’s no place for the kind of anti-Muslim display that was part of a “GOP Day” at the state […]
House and Senate budgets part ways on teacher pay raises
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 […]
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, […]
