MORGANTOWN — Members of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board inquired Thursday on the status of pedestrian-focused efforts along Patteson Drive. The efforts included a working group with representatives from WVU, the West Virginia Division of Highways, ...
CHARLESTON – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Jan. 17. The governor’s bill to exempt Social Security income from taxation is among them. Monongalia-Preston-Marion-area lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. SB 338, to exempt pepper spray form classification as a ...
CHARLESTON – A bill to repurpose and possibly privatize Hopemont Hospital in Terra Alta is once again working its way through the Legislature. Its lead sponsor and another Preston delegate are not yet satisfied it protects the hospital’s resident patients or staff. A revamped ...
CHARLESTON – The Senate Health Committee approved on Jan. 17 a bill banning the use of e-cigarettes in schools. SB 136 gives a 12-line definition of what e-cigarettes are and adds them to the list already in code of tobacco products prohibited on school campuses. Existing code has ...
KINGWOOD — Police say a Masontown woman caused damage to lawns, mailboxes and a deck while fleeing from Masontown Police Wednesday afternoon. Crystal Star Strahin, 20, is charged with felony fleeing. She was in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail Thursday in lieu of $45,000 bond. According to ...
MARTINSBURG — Two deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department have been terminated following an internal investigation. The investigation is in relation to the alleged beating of a 16 year-old male by two West Virginia State Police troopers on November 19. Gov. Jim Justice ...
