CHARLESTON — The budgets in the state Senate and House of Delegates are on a collision course, with the biggest difference – predictably – a pay raise for teachers. The House Finance Committee voted to approve its budget on Thursday afternoon, the 51st day of the legislative ...
MORGANTOWN — Magistrate Darris Summers is officially retired as a Monongalia County Magistrate as of March 1. “I thought it was a good time [to retire],” Summers, 62, on March 1, said. The Mon County native was accepted as a Senior Status Magistrate and is now eligible to hear cases in ...
CHARLESTON — The Senate Energy Committee made quick work of approving two House bills to raise money to cap orphan oil and gas wells across the state. Committee chair Randy Smith, R-Tucker, said the two bills reflected the work of industry and the environmental community cooperating for a common goal. “I want to tell all the stakeholders how much we appreciate your work on these bills.” HB 2673 will exempt from the 5 percent severance tax all gas wells producing less than 60,000 cubic feet per day and oil wells producing less than 10 barrels per day. Instead of a tax, these ...
MORGANTOWN — The Granville man who struck a WVU student in a crosswalk on Monongahela Boulevard in February 2018 was sentenced in Monongalia County Magistrate Court on Thursday. Garrett Tederick ran a red light and struck 20-year-old Sara Queen, of Weston, who was crossing the road in a ...
CHARLESTON — The House bill to allow the four racetracks to open satellite casinos in their home counties fizzled in Senate Finance Thursday morning. The bill was intended to initially and primarily benefit the Wheeling Island resort, which is anticipating a loss of business during Division of Highways work on 26 Interstate 70 bridges in the Wheeling area through 2021. A successful amendment to require an annual $1.5 million license fee for the additional casino failed to win over skeptics on the committee. The amended bill also required county commission approval before the ...
KINGWOOD — The owner of the Herring Building has paid Kingwood for the awning it erected to protect people from falling stones. And the building’s only tenant, Preston Home Medical, has moved to the former Bowyer’s Furniture building, at 202 W. Main St. Last meeting, council voted to ...
