CHARLESTON – On the last day of the 60-day session, the Senate dealt with bills regarding roads, orphan gas well capping, industrial hemp, Hopemont Hospital and more. And a reneged deal on a gas bill lead to an angry floor speech in the closing minutes of the session. The session ran from ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
MORGANTOWN — The flag in front of Stansbury Hall was lowered for the final time on Friday as WVU’s Army and Air Force ROTC programs prepare to leave their longtime quarters for new digs on the Evansdale Campus. The officer training programs have called the building home since 1973 and are ...
