CHARLESTON – West Virginia and the United Arab Emirates have something in common – both are known for their fossil fuels, coal and oil respectively. But a West Virginia native who made his career as an energy reporter believes the Mountain State can learn from the UAE’s clean energy ...
CHARLESTON – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito provided an update Thursday on a number of issues being addressed on Capitol Hill, including reforming college athletics and funding for immigration enforcement efforts. Capito, R-W.Va., spoke with West Virginia reporters Thursday morning during a conference call prior to heading back to the floor of the U.S. Senate for a vote-a-rama on amendments to a $72 billion budget reconciliation package that will fund Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) for the next three years. "Quite simply, it funds ICE ...
ELKINS — A Randolph County man who faced multiple felony and misdemeanor charges involving a minor entered into a guilty plea on Wednesday. Pete Rameriz Perez, 46, of Valley Head, entered into a plea agreement in Randolph County Circuit Court on Wednesday, pleading guilty to one count of possession of material depicting a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and one count of delivery of a controlled substance to persons under the age of 18, both felonies. Perez was represented by attorney Brent Easton. The state was represented by Assistant Randolph County Prosecutor Christina ...
BUCKHANNON — A man previously convicted of rape in Oklahoma is facing multiple charges in Upshur County after allegedly threatening to shoot his wife. Alexander Eugene Stephens, 49, is charged with one count of persons prohibited from possessing firearms and one count of wanton endangerment ...
GRANVILLE — West Virginia baseball had bases loaded and an out. The Mountaineers No. 9 hitter, Tyrus Hall, came up to the plate. Hall isn't known as a power hitter, and has only hit five all season before Friday afternoon. Hall sent the ball to the opposite field and hit a grand slam to put the Mountaineers up big in the fourth innings to eventually beat Cal Poly 12-2 in the first game of a three-game series in the Morgantown Super Regional. WVU is now just one win away, either Saturday at noon or Sunday with a to-be-determined time, from its first-ever trip to Omaha, Nebraska, for ...
