In all the discussion about solving West Virginia’s jail staffing crisis, has anyone bothered to ask the jails’ staff what they need? Gov. Jim Justice has repeatedly called — though not pushed — for locality pay for Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation workers. ...
by David M. Shribman MOORESVILLE — Here, in this tiny unincorporated community equidistant from Shinnston (population 2,306), and Smithfield, Pa., (pop. 817), the dogwoods are only now beginning to bloom, their annual springtime metamorphosis from white to green just underway. And ...
Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday that he appointed Paul W. Gwaltney Jr. as judge for the 17th Judicial Circuit, which serves Monongalia County. Gwaltney graduated in the top 15% of his class at WVU College of Law in 2003, where he served on West Virginia Law Review as an associate editor ...
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — The leader of a faith-based non-profit organization and Charleston church says he wants Gov. Jim Justice to call lawmakers in for a special session to address issues of discipline in West Virginia schools. The Rev. Matthew Watts, pastor at Grace Bible ...
Gov. Jim Justice, who declared a staffing emergency in West Virginia’s corrections system last August, repeated this week a statement suggesting futility in working with legislators to address the problem. “I twice have sent bills up in regard to locality pay for our corrections ...
We are more than a year away from the West Virginia primary election and a year-and-a-half before the 2024 general election, but the political chatter in the Mountain State is already at a high volume. Two-term Gov. Jim Justice is officially in the race for the U.S. Senate seat now ...