CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has concluded the state can take some steps to ease concerns about processing money related to medical marijuana, but a long-term solution must come from the federal government. MORE: Read the Attorney General’s opinion on ...
MORGANTOWN — Chaplin Road was closed for about two hours after a single-vehicle wreck blocked both lanes. About 6:30 on Friday morning, a garbage truck belonging to Mountain State Waste lost control and flipped on its side, blocking both lanes of traffic, according to the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department. No one was injured in the crash, which happened near Martin Hollow Road.
CHARLESTON — Fewer West Virginians have health insurance through the Mountain State’s exchange for 2019. In all, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported 22,599 total enrollments, a number that’s down from the 27,000 West Virginians enrolled in exchange health ...
MORGANTOWN — Since Morgantown’s Comprehensive Plan was updated in 2013, the corner of Jones Avenue and Stewart Street has been identified as part of Future Study Area No. 5, but no such study has been initiated. That changed Thursday evening when Gregg Metheny, representing Scott Properties, came before the Morgantown Planning Commission to request a zoning map amendment to reclassify 18 parcels on that corner from R-2 (single and two-family residential) to R-3 (multi-family residential). By a 5-2 tally, the planning commission voted to table Metheny’s request and initiate the ...
CHARLESTON – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Jan. 10. Monongalia-Preston-Marion-area lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. SB 231, to calculate retirement benefits for legislators based on an average of all years of service. Former legislators sometimes take higher-paying state jobs for a few years and have their benefits based on their higher pay. SB 234, to require schools to provide elective courses on the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. SB 238, increasing fines for passing a stopped school bus. HB 2204, to prohibit lobbyists from serving on ...
CHARLESTON – After sitting through a couple hours of budget presentations, the Senate Finance Committee zipped through a handful of bills that had passed out of the Senate last year only to die in the House. Among them was SB 24, which passed the Senate unanimously last year. It requires ...
