CHARLESTON — More than four years after state, county and city leaders agreed to create a private non-profit foundation to distribute millions of dollars in opioid settlement dollars, West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey announced a change in how future settlement dollars are ...
WHEELING — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey believes Wheeling “has a story to be told,” and on Tuesday he announced the additional state funding needed to break ground on the Gateway Center Visitor and Heritage Center planned for downtown. Wheeling will receive a $3.2 million ...
CHARLESTON – More than 44 years ago, a decision handed down by an Ohio County judge led to an overhaul of how West Virginia funds its 55 county school systems. Advocates for better school funding believe a new lawsuit is warranted to fix new disparities. The ACLU of West Virginia sent a letter Monday to state Attorney General J.B. McCuskey providing a 30-day notice of its intent to file a class action lawsuit against the Legislature, several state elected officials, the Department of Education and state Board of Education members, and the Lincoln County Board of ...
MOUNDSVILLE — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito took a tour of the Mitchell Power Plant in Marshall County on Tuesday afternoon to get an up-close look at how the plant is serving the surrounding community. While observing the plant's present the West Virginia Republican also said excited for ...
ELKINS — Twenty individuals from 12 countries became new United States citizens during the annual Naturalization Ceremony in Elkins. The new citizens were joined by friends, family and members of the community, who filled the courtroom to honor and celebrate the event, which took place at ...
PARSONS – All three Tucker County commissioners entered not guilty pleas to misdemeanor charges in circuit court Tuesday morning. Tucker County Commission President Michael William Rosenau, Commissioner Frederick J. Davis Jr., and Commissioner Timothy Paul Knotts are each charged with one misdemeanor count of unauthorized expenditure by a local official. Presiding over Wednesday's hearing was Judge H. Charles Carl III, who is appointed to the 26th Judicial Circuit of Hampshire, Hardy and Pendleton counties, and has been assigned by a West Virginia Supreme Court Administrative Order ...
