MORGANTOWN – Republican Rep. Alex Mooney won the biggest landslide of his West Virginia Congressional career Tuesday night, receiving 65.62% of the vote over Democratic candidate Barry Wendell. Mooney received […]
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Voters swell GOP majorities in state House and Senate; Democrats to have only 4 senators come 2023
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia voters turned the Republican supermajorities in the state Senate and House of Delegates into mega-majorites Tuesday night. The GOP-Democrat balance in the House will go from […]
Downtown building evacuated Wednesday after odors of gas detected
A building in downtown Morgantown was briefly evacuated on Wednesday afternoon after Morgantown fire and police departments responded to assist with a gas leak at the structure housing Huntington Bank, […]
Amendments 1, 3, 4 fail
Constitutional amendments were headed toward defeat as results came in Election Night. With more than three-quarters of all precincts across the state reporting, Amendment 1 on impeachment powers was being […]
Amendment 2 on personal property taxes defeated
CHARLESTON — Amendment 2, the hottest issue on West Virginia ballots, was defeated on Election Night. “It was an absolute, ill-fated idea,” said Gov. Jim Justice, who campaigned around the […]
Sikora defeats Beach to keep Mon Commission seat
Monongalia County voters returned Sean Sikora to the Monongalia County Commission for a second six-year term. The Republican incumbent defeated Democrat Bob Beach 13,964 to 12,206 on Tuesday for the […]
Mon County voters send 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats to House of Delegates; and a look at Preston, Marion, Taylor races
MORGANTOWN – Monongalia County voters returned four incumbents – one Republican and three Democrats – to the House of Delegates Tuesday night. In two open Mon House races, Republicans topped […]
Oliverio edges Fleischauer for state Senate 13th District — with 162-vote difference; Republicans also take 2nd and 14th Districts
MORGANTOWN – Republican 13th District state Senate candidate Mike Oliverio won a close victory over Democratic opponent Barbara Evans Fleischauer Tuesday night. The numbers were 13,459 for Oliverio and 13,297 […]
Holding corps and abusive countries accountable for slave-labor use
Various prominent U.S. corporations, including Walmart and Intel, might be shying away from principled stances condemning foreign uses of slavery and child labor for the production of cheap consumer goods. […]
Ukraine’s resistance and resilience
by Tamar Jacoby Vitalii Lylyck, 21, was shaken but smiling when I reached him in his dorm room in Kyiv, just 10 days after Russian forces began sending low-flying drones […]
