MORGANTOWN – A bill once again working its way through the state Senate would allow specially trained medical professionals who accompany police SWAT teams on missions to carry weapons to […]
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Bruceton Mills man awaits sentencing in drug operation case
Greg Snider, 63, of Bruceton Mills, is now awaiting sentencing after being found guilty by a federal jury on Monday for his role in a drug distribution operation that spanned […]
Auditions underway for ‘Mohigan Idol’: MHS-created talent show has raised close to $200K for WVU Medicine Children’s
Cue announcer: “This is … ‘Mohigan Idol.’ ” OK, so Ryan Seacrest won’t be on the stage of the Metropolitan Theatre next month to emcee, but the Hollywood-styled glamour and […]
Senate Education OKs bill to help small county schools by setting enrollment base of 1,200 for state funding formula
MORGANTOWN — State senators are once again considering a bill to help some small, financially struggling county school systems by setting a base enrollment figure for their school aid formula […]
Justice gives preview of budget
Gov. Jim Justice is calling for a “relatively flat” $4.884 billion budget that includes pay raises for most state employees and some increased financial support for the Public Employees Insurance […]
House GOP’s first order of business? Balloon the $31 trillion national debt
by Thomas Kahn Republicans have long claimed they are dedicated deficit hawks, blaming Democrats for growing deficits and debt. But two votes they cast after electing Kevin McCarthy as House […]
Biden’s border policies: better but not good enough
Joe Biden has done so many things well — saving Ukraine, confronting China, signing a bipartisan gun control bill. And in a week of right-wing crazytown, he stood out as […]
Justice tops State of the State by proposing 50% personal income tax cut
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice topped a long list of State of the State legislative proposals with a 50% personal income tax cut. Justice addressed a joint gathering of the […]
Fairmont man in custody after ramming two police vehicles, injuring officers
A Fairmont man is facing an assortment of charges after police say he intentionally rammed his vehicle into two police cruisers, injuring four officers, during a pursuit through the shopping […]
St. Francis student has the last word at county spelling bee
Natalia Cassim is entertaining notions of becoming an information technology professional after high school and college. That might not be all that much of a challenge. After all, the eighth-grader […]
