MORGANTOWN — Senate committees on Thursday approved bills dealing with firearms instruction and belief-based student organizations, and a resolution honoring Morgantown resident and Holocaust survivor Edith Levy. Senate Government Organization took up SB 402, to allow the U.S. Concealed ...
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 ...
The House Judiciary Committee advanced a couple of bills affecting West Virginia election laws. The bills were left over from a Judiciary Committee agenda earlier in the week when other topics went long and delegates couldn’t get to the election policies. HB 4017 would make several election law changes, including establishing criminal penalties for coercing or offering payment for unlawful registration; and for casting a ballot in person after having voted an absentee ballot. Delegate Josh Holstein, R-Boone, sponsor of the bill said the intent “is to prohibit any kind of ...
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved $56,000 to assist with a water line extension project near Cheat Lake. Specifically, the funds will provide $2,000 to help cover tap fees for each of the 28 homes to be served by the project. The ...
MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates was unified on a list of bills and resolutions on Wednesday, except one promoting moonshine. The booze bill passed by just one vote. HB 4793, the moonshine bill, would allow home distilling of up to 25 gallons for one person aged 21 and older in a ...
CHARLESTON — The race for Attorney General in West Virginia is shaping up. State Auditor J.B. McCuskey, state Sen. Mike Stuart, both Republicans, filed for the May 14 primary this week while Wheeling attorney Teresa Toriseva said Tuesday on MetroNews “Talkline” she’ll seek the Democrat Party’s nomination. The race for the office is open this year with three-term AG Patrick Morrisey running for governor. Stuart, who filed for office Tuesday afternoon, said his time as federal prosecutor during the Trump administration has given him the experience necessary to step into ...
