MORGANTOWN – Monongalia will have six magistrates following the 2024 election. And Preston County will have two circuit judges through a realignment of county circuits. Those changes come via a bill, HB 3332, passed on Saturday, the last day of the legislative session. The Senate ...
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed a number of weighty bills on Wednesday – Crossover Day – but perhaps weightiest of all was the bill it didn't pass: the bill to strip the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training of its enforcement powers. That bill was HB 4840, to ...
By Will Dean and Kathy Plum Newsroom@DominionPost.com Counties in West Virginia are responsible for a lot of bills — including the cost of housing inmates from the county being held in regional jails. That makes the 81% increase in inmate population from 2000-2019 a problem ...
Elected in last June’s primary election Monongalia County’s newest magistrate heard his first case and several more besides Monday. “I’ve got some law background but I’m also figuring out that this is a brand new monster and there is experience that is just ...
Winners of the 2020 magistrate election were sworn in on Tuesday. Magistrates Jim Nabors, Sandy Holepit and Ron Bane all swore to perform their duties to the best of their skill and judgment, so help them, God. The fourth election winner, Todd Gaujot, was not present and will be sworn in ...
KINGWOOD — Keep an open mind. That’s one of the most important things for anyone elected to judge their fellows, retiring Preston County Magistrate Eugene Jenkins said. After 12 years on the bench, Jenkins chose not to seek re-election this year and to join his wife, ...