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Army veteran and former presidential hopeful Richard Ojeda is running for U.S. Senate in West Virginia. The Democrat filed paperwork on Monday and will face incumbent Republican Shelley Moore Capito.

The state Senate approved a resolution to extend an invitation to Frederick County, Virginia resident to become part of West Virginia. Senator Charles Trump introduced the bill, and says West Virginia has a historical connection to Frederick County.

The West Virginia Treasurers Office is transferring an additional twenty-million-dollars to the state’s general revenue fund for this fiscal year. The Treasurer will transfer ten-million-dollars from unclaimed property and another ten-million from banking services to help close the current budget gap.

Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin says the City’s firefighters haven’t received the correct holiday pay since 2012. The City reached an over one-and-a-half-million-dollar agreement with the Charleston Professional Firefighters union for back wages. Charleston City Council will vote on the agreement next week.

Cabell County Democratic Delegate Sean Hornbuckle missed the start of the legislative session for a good reason. He’s recovering from surgery after donating a kidney to his sister. She is doing well, and Hornbuckle plans to be back to work later this week.

Ten businesses in Putnam County have been cited for selling alcohol to underage customers. The West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration and Putnam County Sheriff’s Office conducted compliance checks at over 50 establishments last weekend.

A jury found 35-year-old Christopher Goodwin guilty of murder in the 2018 beating death of another man. Goodwin was convicted of hitting Jonathan Brown in the head with a large metal pipe at a home in Quinland. Sentencing is set for March.

Police are investigating after a woman was found in her bedroom with a gunshot wound in the Wheelersburg area. Thirty-two-year-old Sarina Palacios was flown to St. Mary’s Medical Center in critical condition. A person of interest is in custody.

Bartenders or sales clerks at 10 Putnam County establishments were cited for making underage alcohol sales. The West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration and Putnam County Sheriff’s Office conducted compliance checks Saturday, Jan. 11. The sheriff’s office said out of 52 establishments, 10 of them sold to someone underage. Businesses visited during the compliance checks … Read more

State Natural Resources Police are warning hunters not to track deer from the sky. A hunter was cited in late November for attempting to use a drone to find deer in the Coopers Rock State Forest area of Monongalia County, according to a Facebook post from Natural Resources Police. Two Natural Resources Police officers were … Read more