CHARLESTON — Employees who defend themselves from attacks in the workplace could not be fired under a bill advanced Monday by the House Judiciary Committee. House Bill 5621 says that anyone who is physically attacked by a workplace intruder and responds with reasonable and proportionate ...
KINGWOOD — Preston County is losing sheriff’s deputies due to low pay and complaints about working conditions caused by the flooding in December. The latest letter of resignation dropped the county’s allotted 20 deputies to 14. “I am writing you to announce that I have decided ...
An alarming message about staffing in West Virginia’s jails came Thursday. “We’re absolutely working our people to death, and they’re quitting because of that,” acting Corrections Commissioner Brad Douglas said in a presentation before the House Jails and Prisons ...
MORGANTOWN — Charleston Attorney Sean Cook is suing the city of Morgantown over a Freedom of Information Act request tied to his representation of Alexandra Stockdale, who served as the city’s public works director from November 2019 to October 2021. Prior to the director position, ...