Two people died in an accident Tuesday near the Mason-Putnam County line. U.S. 35 was shut down after the accident while West Virginia State police reconstructed what happened. Putnam County Sheriff Bobby Eggleton said a car was traveling from Mason County into Putnam County, hit black ice and then struck another vehicle.
Convenience store chain Sheetz Inc. will build a $2 million distribution truck transfer station in West Virginia, creating up to 30 jobs. Gov. Jim Justice announced this week that Sheetz will build the facility in Kearneysville. It will support Sheetz distribution centers in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The state investment includes 5.5 acres in an … Read more
Hurricane police are asking for the public’s help in an investigation involving the fraudulent use of a credit/debit card. Police said they are looking for a woman they want to question, and they’re asking for tips on their Facebook page. The woman is shown in a car and at an ATM. Anyone with tips should … Read more
A man who left his mark on state history has received one of West Virginia’s highest honors. Master painter Richard Withrow of the W.Q. Watters Co. was presented the Distinguished Mountaineer Award by Gov. Jim Justice for his personal contributions over the last six decades to the restoration of the state Capitol Building. Withrow also … Read more
The Wood County Sheriff’s Office said a woman is accused of shooting and killing her father and her boyfriend. Hillary Paige Dennison is charged with two counts of murder after an incident Sunday in Williamstown. The Wood County Sheriff’s Office said Hillary’s father, Harold Dennison of Parkersburg, was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect’s … Read more
More than 340-thousand-dollars of CARES Act money will be used to pay for college entrance exams. Governor Justice says the state will pay for one ACT test per high school senior.
Senator Shelley Moore Captio says she is a no vote when the one-point-nine-trillion-dollar COVID-19 relief package hits the Senate floor. She says the plan features “extraneous expenditures,” that are not emergency relief.
February was another good month for state revenue, with mover the 320-million-dollars collected in taxes last month. The state is 208-million-dollars above revenue estimates for the year.
West Virginia health officials are expecting almost 93-thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week, including over 15-thousand doses of the newly approved Johnson and Johnson vaccine. Nearly 300-thousand West Virginians have received at least one shot, and just short of 200-thousand are fully vaccinated.
The long running legal battle over where Governor Justice resides has been settled. Justice has agreed to live in the seat of state government in Charleston. A judge dismissed the 2018 lawsuit filed by former state lawmaker Isaac Sponaugle, who received 65-thousand-dollars in attorney’s fees.