CHARLESTON — The PEIA Task Force is ready to make recommendations, but it’s work isn’t complete. The task force set up by Gov. Jim Justice to help shore up the Public Employees Insurance Agency plans to continue meeting over the next year. “I’m certain that everyone on this ...
MORGANTOWN — To say the West Virginia National Guard Readiness Center was a beehive of activity on Monday would be overly generous to bees. To the uninitiated observer, it was barely organized chaos. To the small army of volunteers it takes to pull off the annual Holiday Food & Toy ...
SCOTCH HILL — The State Division of Highways is considering whether to do stopgap repairs to a one-lane section of the old Evansville Pike. A 110-foot section of one lane of the road (County Route 60) slid away during storms in February. The road is tar-and-chip in some places but in ...
KINGWOOD — Kingwood is on track to become the first town in Preston County to begin charging a municipal sales tax, and city officials hope it will bring in at least $150,000 the first year. Council passed the ordinance, and now it awaits a final ruling from the state tax department. If ...
KINGWOOD — Preston County Commissioners are still trying to arrange a meeting with the State Division of Highways (DOH) to discuss the condition of W.Va. 72. They’ve given up on the idea of driving Transportation Secretary Tom Smith on the road to point out problems first hand before ...
CHARLESTON — Less than a month ago, former Emergency Services Director Jimmy Gianato told lawmakers lack of staff was one reason his agency wasn’t able to adequately track grant dollars. Now a new legislative report says the agency actually could have drawn down millions in funding ...
