CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice, who is looking for money to improve West Virginia roads, said this week he isn’t sure what he’ll do with legislation that would cut steam coal severance taxes over the next few years. The Legislature passed that bill last Saturday. It cuts the ...
CHARLESTON — The challenges keep coming for Trinity Christian senior Daniel Woods. Greenbrier West’s 6-foot-9 forwards Collin and Riley O’Dell towered over Woods in the quarterfinals, but he made up for the size disadvantage with tenacity and outrebounded the siblings 13-6 as the No. ...
MORGANTOWN — The City of Morgantown is eliminating the municipal attorney as an in-house employee, opting instead to enter into a retainer agreement with a local law firm. The change in how municipal legal counsel is handled is among the more noteworthy issues to come out of city ...
MORGANTOWN — Increasing the staff size at USP Hazelton has been highlighted for months following a violent 2018 at the prison, which included the high-profile murder of notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bolger. Congressman David McKinley, R-W.Va., met with Bureau of Prisons Acting ...
CHARLESTON — A Virginia resident has been charged in connection with threats he allegedly made against West Virginia House of Delegates member Eric Porterfield, R-Mercer. Jonathan George Benfer, 49, of Front Royal, Va., was charged in Kanawha County Magistrate Court with misdemeanor ...
CHARLESTON — If anyone has condiments to lend, Senator Joe Manchin is consuming these words: “I believe that Jim Justice is uniquely qualified to handle the major challenges that West Virginia is facing.” That’s what Manchin said in 2016 as coal boss and resort owner Jim ...
