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Strangulation charges Korbin Green, 25, of Kingwood, was arrested on Sept. 5 on strangulation charges. According to the criminal complaint, police responded to an apartment on Albright Avenue in Kingwood, because Green was “actively trying to kick down the door and was banging on the ...

Landmark conservation deal protects 38,000 W.Va. acres

CHARLESTON — Thirty-eight thousand acres of West Virginia forestland will remain permanently protected under what the West Virginia Land Trust is calling the largest private conservation project in state history. The Land Trust has finalized five conservation easements covering land in ...

Capito hails Senate progress on NIL reform legislation

CHARLESTON – A bill co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito to put guardrails around sports name, image and likeness rights is one step closer to full passage in the Senate. Speaking during a conference call with West Virginia reporters from Capitol Hill, Capito said S. 4668, the ...

Morgans Run water extension project slated for January

MORGANTOWN – Plagued by low-producing wells drawing water heavy with iron and manganese, more than two dozen homes in the Morgans Run Road area of Cheat Lake have spent years relying on costly deliveries and other means to obtain adequate drinking water. Today, after nearly three years of ...

CVB to Star City: 'Think like a visitor but lead like a local'

STAR CITY -- Rachel Johnson, Visit Mountaineer Country CVB’s Arts and Culture Experience specialist, is making her rounds to area municipalities. Her goals: to make sure councils and commissions know how the convention and visitors bureau can help them and to make sure the tourism agency is ...