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MORGANTOWN -- A bill to limit cities’ ability to annex territory by minor boundary adjustment cleared the Senate Government Organization Committee on Thursday and heads to the Senate floor. SB 209 began as an outright ban on this type of annexation but morphed into a restricted approach after input from various stakeholders, including the Municipal League. The committee began looking at a revised version of the bill on Tuesday but paused when meeting time ran out. Committee staff held additional stakeholder talks and put before the senators a further revised version on Thursday. ...

Go Red for Women at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital

The American Heart Association and the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute welcomed employees to participate in a “Go Red for Women” photoshoot Wednesday in the main lobby of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. The photo is to be used on billboards. The American Heart Association’s ...

Candidate filings from Wednesday

Candidate filings These candidates filed for federal and state office on Wednesday. House of Representatives 1st District: David McKinley, Republican, incumbent, Wheeling Auditor JB McCuskey, Republican, incumbent, Charleston Agriculture commissioner Roy Ramey, Republican, Lesage House of Delegates 50th District: Michael Angelucci, Democrat, incumbent, Farmington Darton McIntire, Republican, Mannington

Sierra Club responds to Mon County Commission

In a written response to the Monongalia County Commission, Jim Kotcon, conservation chair for the West Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club, said assertions made about the Appalachian Stewardship Foundation during last week’s commission meeting are “demonstrably incorrect.” The ...

WVU hosts Chinese New Year celebration at the Mountainlair

Last night, hundreds of people gathered in the ballroom of the Mountainlair, from 6-9 p.m., to celebrate the Chinese New Year. 2020 is the Year of the Rat, and it is the first Chinese zodiac sign, serving as the beginning of a cycle. The celebration emulated an authentic and traditional ...

United Way looks for $112K in donations to help fund programs

If you still aren’t sure what those dollars do, just look around, Macall Speaker said. There’s the person in the next lane at the traffic light. And the kid who hangs with your kid after school. Chances are, both have been helped in some circumstance by the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties, said Speaker, the organization’s development director. That means money, donated from the community. With the 2020 campaign drawing down Jan. 31, Speaker wants to keep you focused on those dollars. A total of $112,000, to be exact. More on that. Your campaign ...