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Democrat Julie Knight wins Monongalia County Commission seat

MORGANTOWN – Julie Knight admitted to being “very shocked” back on May 12 when she soundly defeated incumbent Jeff Arnett in the Democratic primary for the Eastern District seat on the Monongalia County Commission. Knight, a newcomer to elected politics, did it again on Tuesday, ...

Moore bests Parsi in race for West Virginia’s 2nd district

MORGANTOWN – With 83% of the vote counted, incumbent Riley Moore was surging over challenger Ace Parsi in the race for West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District. Moore, a former state treasurer whose grandfather was former West Virginia governor Arch Moore and whose aunt Shelley Moore ...

County voters renew Mon EMS levy through June 2031

MORGANTOWN – Monongalia Emergency Medical Services Interim Executive Director Bob Swickard was breathing a little bit easier around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday evening. That’s when Monongalia County’s unofficial election results went live, showing the Mon EMS excess levy easily surpassed the 60% ...

Heaney tops Claypole in Senate District 2 contest

MORGANTOWN – Toby Heaney is heading to West Virginia’s 2nd District as senator. With 91% of the votes counted, Heaney, an economist and combat veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, was besting his challenger Chris Claypole by a margin of 15,397 votes to 11,628. Claypole is the ...

Capito, Anderson get out the vote ahead of Election Day

CHARLESTON – Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and her Democratic opponent, Rachel Fetty Anderson, were working to get their messages out to undecided voters in the final hours before the polls opened for today’s Election Day midterms. Capito, R-W.Va., joined Republican ...