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Justice vetoes bill granting vaccine exceptions

Gov. Jim Justice vetoed a bill loosening vaccination requirements in some schools, drawing praise from health care organizations. “Since this legislation was passed, I have heard constant, strong opposition to this legislation from our State’s medical community,” Justice wrote in his ...

Mountain Ridge Realty helps make owning a home a reality

Stephanie Lemley, a lifelong resident of Morgantown, achieved a life-long ambition when she opened Mountain Ridge Realty in the Seneca Center in November 2022. She was first licensed as a real estate agent in 1997, shortly before graduating from WVU. In 2022, she was licensed as a broker ...

ME, forensics scientists testify in murder trial

KINGWOOD — The second day of the Luis Martinez-Otero, murder trial started with testimony from Dr. Allen Muck, West Virginia’s chief medical examiner. Martinez is charged with the May 2022 shooting of Zachary Alan Shrout at his home on Veterans Memorial Highway in Terra Alta. Muck ...

Manchin says no to Senate run

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, following a national news report about the slim possibility that he could still run for his current seat as an independent, said there’s no way. Mostly no way. Manchin said of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, “He knows I’ve already made mydecision. ...

Catholic schools will require vaccines

If private and parochial schools are allowed to set their own immunization policies under new legislation, West Virginia’s Catholic schools would continue to abide by existing standards. “We’re not going to change our practice. We will be requiring the normal set of immunizations for ...