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City launches investigation into signatures on candidate petitions

MORGANTOWN — Seventh Ward resident Frances Zepp said she has no idea how her signature and that of her husband, Paul, ended up on two Morgantown City Council candidate petitions, but she’s sure of one thing. “To answer your question simply, no, we did not sign more than one petition. We ...

Coal miners celebrate success of 2 coal tax break bills at Capitol

CHARLESTON — Coal miners gathered outside the Senate chamber Saturday morning to celebrate passage of two bills aimed at boosting the state’s coal industry. One bill offers severance tax incentives for companies to expand production. The other offers a phased severance tax break to ...

Governor plans to announce secondary roads plan on Wednesday

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday evening that he will announce a plan to address secondary road issues on Wednesday, time and location of announcement to be announced. In a release, he said, “There is no doubt the Department of Transportation is doing great work on our Roads to Prosperity projects, but our secondary roads aren’t being addressed with the urgency needed. This is the issue that we will address with this plan, and secondary roads will be the No. 1 priority of the department. These roads have been neglected for nearly two decades, and that’s not going ...

Man pleads guilty to 24-year-old sexual assault

MORGANTOWN — An 83-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in a parking garage on Chestnut Street 24 years ago; on Friday, 68-year-old Raymond Wise pleaded guilty to the crime. Wise did not admit to the crime and told Judge Russell Clawges he was pleading guilty to second-degree sexual ...

West Virginia’s first rifle national champion returns for NCAAs

MORGANTOWN — The pops of shots echoed throughout the concrete insides of the WVU Coliseum on Friday as 14 schools descended on Morgantown for the NCAA Rifle Championships — the first time West Virginia hosted an NCAA championship event. WVU won six of the last 10 championships, ...