MORGANTOWN — Even though it’s chilly outside and folks have had to clean the snow off their cars several times recently, the staff at the West Virginia Botanic Garden is already thinking about the next season. And help is needed. Volunteers are needed for the following groups: The ...
KINGWOOD — Jan. 26 is the final day for candidates to file to run for office in five town elections in Preston County. Albright, Brandonville, Kingwood, Masontown and Terra Alta have been accepting candidate filings for mayor, recorder and council since Jan. 14. Midnight is the deadline to ...
CHARLESTON – Nine Republicans on Friday helped kill a bill sponsored by the Republican Speaker, which would have given the attorney general prosecutorial power in certain cases of government corruption. Most of them crossed back to their own side to pass a bill making theft of a ...
CHARLESTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee began, once again, deliberating a bill to create an intermediate appeals court. The bill is SB 266, handed down from the governor. The committee has yet to hear from supporters or opponents; it received an overview of the bill Friday morning and offered questions to committee counsel and Supreme Court Justice Evan Jenkins. Sen. Mike Romano, D-Harrison, occupied most of the time devoted to questions and, as he has in the past, led the voices of opposition to the proposed court. “We’re simply adding another layer of government,” ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he'll sign legislation shortly to reopen shuttered government departments for three weeks — until Feb. 15. Trump's action would end what has become a record, 35-day partial shutdown. Some 800,000 federal workers have had to work without pay ...
CHARLESTON — Delegates focused more questions on why the Department of Health and Human Resources prefers contracting with a company to oversee healthcare for foster children, rather than spending the money to shore up the agency’s own resources. “Are we as a department unable to ...
