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Three agree to leave WVU after conduct investigation

MORGANTOWN — Eighteen WVU students were disciplined — three agreeing to leave the university — following an investigation into the November fall of another student at a fraternity house. WVU released that information Tuesday morning and also said David Rusko has been hospitalized since ...

MUB, city offering relief for customers impacted by government shutdown

MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Utility Board (MUB) is temporarily altering an existing deferred payment policy in order to accommodate water and sewer customers impacted by the ongoing partial shutdown of the federal government. MUB’s board of directors enacted the relief on Monday. It will ...

A sampling of bills introduced Jan. 21

CHARLESTON – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Jan. 21. Among them is the House bill to create a banking system for the medical cannabis program and a bill to raise the oil and gas severance tax. Monongalia-Preston-Marion-area lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. SB 355, ...

Bill to end motorcycle helmet requirement spurs safety debate

CHARLESTON – The annual bill (it always dies) to allow motorcyclists and their passengers age 21 and up to ride without helmets generated an hour’s worth of questions and testimony Monday afternoon, but no vote. The Committee on Technology & Infrastructure – formerly Roads & ...