MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission learned Monday that it has about a month to bring 13 counties together to elect one person to help oversee the distribution of hundreds of millions of opiate settlement dollars. A letter from West Virginia Attorney General Patrick ...
Managers of the Public Employees Insurance Agency are encouraged by open enrollment, which has come after big changes to the program. And they are monitoring the results of opt-ins for spouses following the establishment of a surcharge. “We’ve had one of the largest open enrollments you can imagine,” acting PEIA director Jason Haught told finance board members during a Thursday afternoon meeting. Online, the insurance plan had more than 20,000 finalized enrollment transactions, he said. Among people who filled out enrollment forms on paper, Haught estimated about ...
KINGWOOD — Preston County Solid Waste Authority board members met in regular session Wednesday evening. The agenda included a visit by Jo Ann Snoderly, Youth Environmental Program District 1 Coordinator. The program is sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and provides opportunities for West Virginia youth to participate in environmental projects within their communities. Snoderly, whose office is in Fairmont, said District 1 covers Brooke, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston, Taylor and Wetzel ...
In a question of whether West Virginia’s system for approving charter schools is constitutional, the state Supreme Court has ruled that Gov. Jim Justice isn’t the guy who should be sued. The justices concluded that the West Virginia Public Charter Schools Board, which was established by the legislature as a way of approving and assessing the schools, is the entity with the actual authority. “Upon thorough review, we conclude that Respondents lack standing to seek the preliminary injunction at issue against Governor Justice because (1) he does not have the ability to ...
Properties owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family’s network of businesses are listed among lots for sale at county courthouses next week. The properties in Raleigh and Wyoming counties were listed in public notices as available at auction because of delinquent taxes. Property taxes in West Virginia go to support public school districts, local libraries, police, public parks and additional local government services. “Each tract or lot as described below, will be sold to the highest bidder,” stated the notices in each county. The Raleigh County notice includes 11 ...
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — State Police Superintendent Col. Jack Chambers confirmed Monday that Sgt. Cory Maynard and other troopers were “ambushed” while responding to a shooting call Friday in Mingo County. “They were ambushed. Sgt. Maynard was hit and wounded. Another trooper that was with him did return fire, but did not hit the suspect,” Chambers said on Monday’s MetroNews “Talkline.” Maynard, 37, was taken to Logan Memorial Hospital where he later died from his injuries. Chambers said a shots fired call came in around 2:45 p.m. Friday at a home in ...
