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Man facing a firearm charge

ELKINS — A Monongalia County man faces a felony charge after he was allegedly found to be illegally in possession of a firearm in Elkins. Corey Andrew McCabe, 32, of Morgantown is charged with prohibited person in possession of a firearm, a felony. He is currently being held at the ...

Federal shutdown in third week

CHARLESTON — A federal government shutdown that began on the first day of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1 has now entered its third week with no signs that the Democratic minority in the U.S. Senate plans to back down from demands for health insurance subsidies being included. The U.S. ...

Kanawha County judge dismisses religious vaccine exemption case

CHARLESTON — A third judge in West Virginia has ruled against the use of an executive order and the interpretation of a 2023 religious freedom law in order to create a religious exemption to the state’s compulsory vaccine law, eliminating one parent from joining a class action ...

‘Fairness’ Ordinance

ELKINS — Elkins City Council voted to approve on final reading an ordinance designed to prohibit discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations, and establishes grounds for a “private right of action,” making Elkins the 21st West Virginia municipality to have an ...

100 attend ‘SOS’ event in Coalton

COALTON — More than 100 parents, students and community members turned out for a “Save Our School” meeting Thursday evening at the Coalton Volunteer Fire Department. The meeting was organized by longtime local businessman and former state legislator Mike Ross, who said the turnout for ...