CHARLESTON — The Senate unexpectedly passed a handful of bills Friday dealing with severance taxes, paper checks and a few other matters. There were no bills on third reading for passage, but members agreed to suspend the rules to do two reads in a single day in order to pass ...
MORGANTOWN — Five people were arrested after the Mon Metro Drug Task Force searched a home on Wabash Street on Friday. Three Maryland men are each charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and conspiracy. They are: Larry Dante McCollum, 37, of ...
MORGANTOWN — James Timothy Pocius has been named to fill Monongalia County Magistrate Court’s vacant seat. He was appointed by Chief Circuit Court Judge Susan Tucker in an order on Thursday. The appointment was effective Friday. Pocius will be taking the spot of Senior Status Magistrate ...
MORGANTOWN — A collision near mile marker 159 on Interstate 79 stopped traffic for about five hours on Friday. According to West Virginia 511, both lanes reopened about 2:30 p.m. A box truck rear-ended a broken down tractor trailer in the right-hand lane, Monongalia County Sheriff ...
CHARLESTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee breezed through approval of the medical cannabis program banking bill in a matter of minutes Friday morning. Sen. Mike Romano. D-Harrison, provided the only commentary, saying Judiciary did the “yeoman’s share” of the work shaping this ...
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 ...
