CHARLESTON — While teachers chanted and delegates killed the education omnibus bill at the east end of the Capitol, the Senate breezed through a handful of hardly noticed bills. One to raise property taxes died in a tie. — SB 29 is an economic development bill. It proposes to ...
CHARLESTON — A bill to allow West Virginia’s four racetracks to open satellite casinos in their home counties heads to the House floor after receiving its second committee Ok on Tuesday. HB 2901 would allow a racino, as they’re sometimes called, to open a second casino site in any building it owns or leases within the same county. The site would not offer a track or hotel, but could offer table games, slots, sports betting and simulcast racing. House Finance gave its thumbs-up to amended version of the bill that adds a couple new provisions. Delegate Erikka Storch, ...
MORGANTOWN — When Leanne DiAngelo stepped into an empty 4,500-square-foot space, the vision for her ideal fitness center was already in the making. Fast-forward six months and Cycle Fusion is the fitness center she envisioned. The fitness center is near Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa, on ...
CHARLESTON – Sixteen people turned out for an early Tuesday public hearing on three House resolutions to urge Congress to call a convention of states to consider constitutional amendments. Ten people supported the resolutions, six opposed them. Article V of the U.S. Constitution ...
MORGANTOWN — A Westover man kneed a transportation officer in the groin after being arrested for biting part of a man’s ear off, police say. William Kingsley Clark is charged with malicious wounding by the Morgantown Police Department and battery by the Monongalia County Sheriff’s ...
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia State Police Morgantown Detachment is seeking information about two credit card fraud suspects, a man and a woman who acted together. The incident occurred between 1:45 a.m. and 2:15 a.m. Feb. 14 at the Kroger store on Patteson Drive. Anyone who can ...
