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Clean water and marine security are the focus of two announcements Gov. Patrick Morrisey made Wednesday, covering three southern West Virginia counties. Oceanetics manufactures advanced maritime buoy systems, naval defense equipment, and port security technologies serving the U.S. Navy and the energy security sector in Wyoming County. The company is set to expand with support from the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council, according to a press release from the governor.
HANCOCK/BROOKE COUNTY, W.Va. (WTRF) – West Virginia voters in District 2 elected Republican newcomer Tony Viola to the House of Delegates on election night. Viola beat his democratic opponent Daniel Day with 62% of the vote. This marks his first time running for public office, and Viola says he’s humbled by the number of votes he received in […]
CHARLESTON - A blue wave swept across the nation Tuesday day, flipping both chambers of Congress to Democratic control. The State Capitol Building was splashed by the water from that wave, with Democratic statehouse candidates in deep-red West Virginia making gains. According to an analysis of unofficial election results from...
West Virginia’s Attorney General JB McCuskey continues his campaign against social media companies for putting children at risk. Thursday he announced a lawsuit against Snap Inc., the maker of Snapchat. The lawsuit was filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court. Just last week, he filed a suit against TikTok. Earlier...
As energy demands in Virginia continue rising, Potomac Edison has asked the State Corporation Commission (SCC) of Virginia to approve its proposed Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek Improvements… The post Potomac Edison requests Virginia regulators approve transmission line upgrade project appeared first on Daily Energy Insider .
Pruitt says the skilled nursing community will create many new job opportunities since it will more than double the capacity of the old one.
The proclamation for General Christian was officially recognized by the Marion County Commission on Oct. 28.
Gerald Eugene Swiger Jr. → Lauren Janette Hamilton. Timmy Robert Gregory → Melinda Gaye McIntyre McDonald. Douglas Michael Kovenich → Cynthia Sue Gonzales Morris. Kristopher Garrett Sutton → Raegan Elizabeth Audrey Eldon Peters. Jacob Michael Ogden → Madisyn Alexis Garrison. Death Certificates Issued. Frederick Alan...
More than a month ahead of her scheduled hearings before the West Virginia Ethics Commission (WVEC), Clarksburg City Manager Tiffany Fell has agreed to pay $2,000 to resolve
Along Interstate 79 in North Central West Virginia, two kinds of workers carry a quiet fear about their own mental health. One group is the physicians, nurses and other clinicians who keep the state’s hospitals and clinics open. The other is the federal workforce in Clarksburg, home of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division, […]
A section of Route 997 (Cumberland Highway) in Greene Township will close while a contractor replaces the railroad crossing north of Chambersburg, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Weather permitting, the closure will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, and continue through 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16. The...
KINGWOOD, W.Va. –– A former teacher at the Bruceton Elementary School has agreed to deferred adjudication after being charged with maltreatment of a disabled child. Melissa Kent was one of three teachers accused in the incident that happened in March of this year. Kent, Jessica Hunter, and Leah...
What was originally scheduled to be six days of testimony and cross examination before the West Virginia Public Service Commission (PSC) ended two days early on Thursday. Developer NextEra Energy applied Jan. 30 to construct a new 107.5-mile-long transmission line known as the MidAtlantic Resiliency Link from Pennsylvania through West Virginia to Virginia. Public comment sessions were held in all four of the affected counties of Monongalia, Preston, Mineral and Hampshire in June.
GRAFTON, W.Va (WDTV) - A protest petition challenging a water rate increase in Grafton faced a challenge of its own from the city regarding the validity of collected signatures in a jurisdiction hearing Thursday. Discussion centered on whether petition organizer Greg Jewell collected signatures from at least 25% of the...
SHINNSTON, W.Va. — For Scott Douglas Haning, the road to becoming a published novelist began long before he ever put pen to paper. It began in Shinnston, West Virginia, surrounded by the people, traditions, and stories of north-central Appalachia. A graduate of Lincoln High School and West Virginia University,...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Monongalia County officials continue to express the need for county representation on one of the largest public utilities in the county. Monongalia County Commission President Tom Bloom spoke about recent developments involving the Morgantown Utility Board on WAJR’s Talk of the Town, where he called for the Morgantown City Council to consider a county resident to replace longtime board member Tom Witt, who recently announced he would not seek reappointment. Bloom discussed the need to have representation for more than half of the customers that do not live within city limits while also stating the potential impacts on development if the status quo were to continue.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Local officials are offering positive reactions to the renewal of the EMS levy by county voters in the 2026 General Election. Members of the Mon County Commission offered appreciation to county voters for the passage of the levy, with over 67 percent of those that voted choosing to renew the levy. Commissioner Sean Sikora pointed out the benefits of the levy and the ability to provide an adequate emergency response for county residents as a result of the renewal during the end of their regular meeting on Wednesday.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Democratic Party nominee for the Monongalia County Commission appears to have been chosen by county voters to serve in the seat currently occupied by Commissioner Jeff Arnett. Unofficial results from the Monongalia County Clerk’s Office reported that Julie Knight defeated Republican candidate Ron Lytle in...
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The problem envisioned in August came like a slowly approaching storm that could be seen, the thunder rumbling heard, but no solution preventing its onset possible. Jamie Kosick reported that the school system, after attrition, would for 2026 “run short of drivers” for school buses. In early October, Rosie Linton, a fifth grade student at Mountaineer Elementary School, shared that “in the past two weeks, so the last 10 days of school Mountaineer Elementary has had a bus issue five of those days. So whether a bus did not run at all during the day or it was able to run in the morning and not in the afternoon.”
