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Lawmakers question Flock Safety over data security

CHARLESTON – A company executive with Flock Safety defended their Automated License Plate Reader technology as a vital tool for “precision policing” that helps solve crimes and recover missing persons, while opponents argue these AI-powered cameras threaten Fourth Amendment privacy ...

2nd annual Denim & Diamonds set for Aug. 22

ELKINS – The Elkins-Randolph County Chamber of Commerce invites the community to “dust off your boots” and attend the second-annual Denim & Diamonds event. The event is set for Saturday, Aug. 22 at the Dakan Arena at 4-H Camp Pioneer in Beverly. The gates will open at 5:30 p.m. and ...

Coalition to power next generation of manufacturing

Five years. That’s how long Erienne Olesh expected to stay in Morgantown when she arrived at West Virginia University to pursue a doctorate in neuroscience. She planned to earn her PhD and build a career researching treatments for stroke patients and concussions. Instead, WVU gave her ...

Lawmakers blast rising costs, data failures

CHARLESTON – A recent audit of the West Virginia Department of Human Services found a potential for $68 million in savings, but department officials said that could take years to realize and lawmakers expressed frustration at growing expenses for the data program underpinning the entire ...

Grand jury to hear attempted murder case

ELKINS — Probable cause has been found in the case of a Barbour County woman accused of attempted murder after allegedly shooting another woman in the face during an altercation near Pickens. Regina Lea Collette, 45, of Philippi, has been charged with attempted murder, a felony. She is ...

Elkins woman facing child abuse charges

ELKINS – An Elkins woman is facing felony charges after being accused of abusing three juveniles. Sara R. Daniels, 36, of Elkins, has been charged with three counts of child abuse resulting in injury, a felony, and one count of strangulation, also a felony. She is being held in the Tygart ...