The Westover City Hall meeting chamber was packed on July 30. The city is hopeful that’s a promising sign. The gathering was the mandatory pre-bid meeting for the city’s Holland […]
Local Government
Feds file for contempt for Justice companies over mine safety fines unpaid for a year
Lawyers for the federal government are asking for a judge to hold 23 coal companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family in contempt, saying they failed to meet […]
PSC staff recommends rate-hike proposal for Deckers Creek PSD Brookhaven-area sewer customers
MORGANTOWN — State Public Service Commission staff has recommended that the PSC approve a two-step rate hike for Brookhaven-area customers who receive sewer service from the Deckers Creek Public Service […]
Granville election question to be on November ballot
MORGANTOWN — Should Granville move its municipal election in line with the county-run primary? Granville Town Council voted in July to put that question before its citizens as part of […]
PEIA pauses pilot program supporting cost of weight loss drugs
West Virginia’s Public Employees Insurance Agency for a short time ran a pilot program to support more than a thousand members with the costs of drugs to fight obesity, where […]
City’s proposed camping ban leans on existing MPD policy
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 […]
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 […]
