MORGANTOWN — There’s nothing left for the Monongalia County Commission to do but vote on the proposed pedestrian and vehicle safety ordinance — formerly known as a countywide panhandling ordinance. The commission held a second reading and an official public hearing on the ordinance ...
CHARLESTON — A West Virginia rabbi says he is devastated over attacks on Israel that resulted in more than 1,000 deaths, including hundreds of civilians. Militants say they are holding more than 130 soldiers and citizens captive. “The Jewish people are in mourning. People of Israel are suffering, but the Jewish people around the world and Jewish people in our community are struggling to make sense of what happened,” said Rabbi Victor Urecki, spiritual leader of B’nai Jacob Synagogue in Charleston. “It’s a tragedy that we can’t even put into words. Saturday was one ...
MORGANTOWN — A proposed ordinance regulating pedestrian and vehicle safety in Monongalia County will be back before the county commission for a public hearing and potential adoption on Wednesday. Initially presented as a countywide panhandling law, the matter first appeared as a ...
KINGWOOD — Terra Alta Mayor Daniel Hauger told members of the Solid Waste Authority (SWA) he would like to expand the recycling program in Terra Alta. “I’m asking you to team up with us and build this up,” he said. “We can bring in people from Maryland and Pennsylvania.” Hauger said he was also interested in the possibility of glass recycling. Glass recycling was discussed by members of the SWA but it was later dropped. SWA Chairman Don Smith said he would look into the possibility again, He said having a place to recycle would be an asset for the county. “A ...
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to clean up legacy pollution, protect the environment and revitalize the economy of coal communities, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has awarded $100,000 in a cooperative agreement for a watershed restoration project in Preston County. OSMRE’s Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program provides funds to nonprofit organizations for the construction of acid mine drainage treatment facilities that help restore the health of local streams. “Healthy watersheds are essential for communities, supplying ...
CHARLESTON — U.S. marshals are being instructed to seize a 2009 Bell helicopter belonging to a company owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family because of unpaid debt. Caroleng Investments Limited, parent company to the Russian mining company Mechel that bought and sold properties with Justice, is seeking the seizure over a debt of $8.4 million already recognized and awarded in the federal court system. A supplemental writ of execution filed in federal court Thursday instructs marshals to seize the helicopter located at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport in Virginia “or ...
