WHEELING — City leaders in Wheeling and Moundsville voiced universal opposition to proposed legislation that would force West Virginia municipalities to hold partisan elections. “House Bill 4080 is simply a bad piece of legislation,” said Wheeling Councilman Dave Palmer. “This bill is ...
CHARLESTON — Jeff Kessler, a former longtime state senator and former president of the West Virginia Senate, has a history of public service to the Northern Panhandle and the state. After taking a break from public service, Kessler wants to represent West Virginia in the U.S. ...
The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Feb. 1, 1832: Education reformer Alexander Luark Wade was born. Wade reorganized rural Monongalia County schools to require progress ...
WHEELING – Delegate Shawn Fluharty won’t seek re-election to the House of Delegates in 2026, but will instead run for the District 1 Senate seat. Fluharty, D-Ohio, officially filed the paperwork late Friday afternoon to run for the seat presently occupied by State Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman, ...
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Marshall County on Friday arrested three people, according to Marshall County Sheriff Mike Dougherty. Dougherty provided an update on those arrests on the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page Friday. He said his office was ...
Jeff Kessler, a Glen Dale resident and former West Virginia Senate President, has announced he will run in the Democratic primary for the United States Senate seat currently held by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. Kessler served 19 years in the West Virginia Legislature, served as Senate ...
