CHARLESTON – The first multi-state lawsuit led by West Virginia during Attorney General J.B. McCuskey's first month in office last year resulted in a victory Monday. In a 63-page memorandum decision and order, a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York judge granted a ...
The Inter-Mountain photos by Taylor McKinnie The state Division of Highways works on road repairs on a stretch of Randolph Avenue in Elkins. The DOH announced there would be temporary lane closures all this week on Harrison Avenue, 11th Street and Randolph Avenue from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
WARDENSVILLE – Citizen and environmental groups have filed a federal injunction to halt construction on a new section of Corridor H, just weeks after the state awarded a contract to build it. The Stewards of the Potomac Highlands and the Virginia Wilderness Committee filed the motion for a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court's Northern District of West Virginia. The move follows the West Virginia Division of Highways awarding an $85.4 million contract in July to begin work on the new section. The lawsuit alleges that the Federal Highway Administration failed to ...
ELKINS — A grand jury will hear the case of a Beverly man accused of allegedly sexually assaulting two children over the span of two years. Jamey “Jay” Paul Kissel, 58, of Beverly, is charged with 12 counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual abuse, all felonies. Kissel was being held at the Tygart Regional Jail on a $75,000 cash-only bond that has since been posted. According to Magistrate Court documents, as a condition of Kissel’s bond, he must remain on home confinement. On Monday, Kissel waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Randolph County Magistrate Court. ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - One of West Virginia's congressional representatives on Tuesday applauded the passage of the Hershel “Woody” Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act. Congressman Riley M. Moore, R-District 2, said he is happy that the legislation will ensure the National Medal of Honor Monument honoring America’s Medal of Honor recipients is located in a prominent palace on the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. “Woody Williams, who was a constituent of the Second District, is an American hero and legendary West Virginian,” Moore ...
