MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed two elections bills and a car-ban bill on Tuesday – two with Democratic opposition and one with bipartisan opposition. HB 4017 sets the times for close of voter registration: 11:59 p.m. for online registration and close of buisness for county ...
KINGWOOD — Members of Kingwood City Council approved two new business licenses. The first was for Jennifer Bracken, owner of Rt. 26 Dinner, LLC, located across from the courthouse on Price Street. The second was for Pepperonnies, a pizza shop owned by Ronald Shaver. A third business license for a salon that was to be located in a residential area was denied. Mayor Jean Guillot said a business in a residential area brings in extra vehicles and foot traffic. “If we allow one business to be in a residential area then we have to approve others,” he said. “It gives the business ...
MORGANTOWN — Mon Power, Potomac Edison and the various parties involved in the companies' base-rate increase case have filed a proposed settlement with the Public Service Commission and await the PSC's approval. Joining the companies in the Joint Stipulation and Agreement filed Tuesday ...
MORGANTOWN – A few dozen people aired their views to the Public Service Commission Monday evening regarding the Mon Power/Potomac Edison proposal to cut in half the net-credit for customers who use home solar energy. The hearing ran nearly two hours, and not a single person supported the ...
Mountain Line General Manager Maria Smith said public transit numbers are rebounding nationally post-COVID, but the comeback is going to take some time. For the five years prior to COVID — 2015 to 2019 — Mountain Line averaged 991,544 total riders annually. Then came the ...
During a press event at the West Virginia State Capitol Friday, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, along with T-Mobile executive Edwige Robinson, highlighted the impact of a $200 million investment from T-Mobile in the Mountain State. The state has traditionally been ranked near the bottom of studies comparing the availability of high-speed broadband and mobile service across all 50 states. Partly a result of T-Mobile investments, West Virginia is on an upward trajectory. One recent study showed a 66% increase in median download speeds in West Virginia from 2022 to 2023. “West ...
