HAZELTON — A staff member was assaulted in the Hazelton prison complex Monday, the sixth such assault this year. A public information officer said in an email Wednesday that, at about 7 p.m. Monday at FCI Hazelton, “staff responded to an inmate who failed to comply with orders and who was ...
CHARLESTON – The contentious debates will begin soon enough. Wednesday was a day of cordial ceremony and housekeeping at the state Senate opened the 2019 legislative session. Sen. Donna Boley, R-Pleasants, was called upon to preside over the opening ceremonies as the longest-serving ...
CHARLESTON – As legislators prepared to begin the 2019 session, West Virginia University economist John Deskins gave them his vision of what the state needs to prosper and what stands in the way of that prosperity. Deskins, director of WVU’s Bureau of Business & Economic Research, ...
CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced Tuesday he will donate his salary during the partial government shutdown to food banks based in West Virginia. Wednesday will mark the 19th day of the shutdown as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders remain unable to reach ...
CHARLESTON — Two years ago, Gov. Jim Justice offered a groaning impersonation of Frankenstein’s monster to illustrate state budget difficulties. Last year, he cast himself as the coach, complete with a cheer from the Greenbrier East girls basketball team he leads. What will West ...
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve the repayment of $561,683.85 in property taxes and interest to Monongalia County in the wake of a November ruling by the West Virginia Supreme Court (WVSC). Those funds are part of just over $2.8 million, plus ...
