CHARLESTON — A solid majority of the West Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill Thursday creating the state’s first education savings account program over the objections of Democrats and a handful of Republicans. House Bill 2013, creating the Hope Scholarship, passed 60-39 Thursday. ...
CHARLESTON — An attempt by a bipartisan group of lawmakers to give the Legislature say on the current state of emergency for the COVID-19 failed in a narrow vote Thursday. The House of Delegates voted 47-51 against an amendment to House Bill 2003, relating to the authority and obligations of ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Thursday allowing for people moving to West Virginia to bring their out-of-state occupational licenses with them, though some lawmakers believe this will weaken the state’s rules and regulations. House Bill 2007, creating the ...
The Wheeling Police Department is investigating after a Pennsylvania man was found dead on Wheeling Island early Thursday morning. Police were called to a house on North Broadway Street around 6:30 a.m. Thursday for an initial medical emergency. The person involved was taken to the hospital, ...
Wheeling police detectives are investigating the death of a person after a man’s body was found on the shoreline of the Ohio River mid Thursday morning. Around 9:45 a.m., the Ohio County 911 Center was notified of the body by a pedestrian on the Wheeling Suspension Bridge. Shortly after ...
WHEELING — U.S. Rep. David B. McKinley wonders what will happen to communities such as Cadiz if gas, coal and fossil fuel production is stopped by Biden administration policies. McKinley, R-West Virginia, serves as ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and ...
WHEELING — The city of Wheeling’s COVID-19 Small Retail Business B&O Tax Credit was approved this week, and city leaders are hopeful a new federal stimulus package will provide additional funds the city can use to help struggling local retailers. During this week’s meeting of ...
CHARLESTON — The governor may discuss easing pandemic restrictions on schools and businesses Friday, he said during Wednesday’s COVID-19 briefing. Gov. Jim Justice also announced additional dosages of the vaccines next week and changes to the state coronavirus information dashboard to ...
CHARLESTON — A bill that would exempt state employees from paying municipal service fees has cities on edge. The House Political Subdivisions Committee laid over House Bill 2256 on Wednesday, expecting to take the bill up again in seven days. HB 2256 – introduced by Del. Brandon Steele, ...
Old Man Winter might not be done just yet with the Ohio Valley. After several inches of snow fell last week and Monday, followed by freezing rain Monday night, the Valley could see yet another bout of snow today. The National Weather Service bureau in Pittsburgh has issued a winter weather ...
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS For The Intelligencer CHARLESTON — An amendment offered on the floor of the House of Delegates on Wednesday by a freshman lawmaker could expand the scope and price tag of a proposed education savings account program up for passage today. The House approved two ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill Wednesday to prioritize economic development and tourism in the state after a lengthy debate over whether the bill was needed or not. House Bill 2019, elevating the West Virginia Development Office and the Division of Tourism ...
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals, foretold the rise of Donald Trump and laid waste to political correctness with a merry brand of malice that made him one of the most powerful voices on the American right, died Wednesday. He was 70. ...
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., will serve as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Cybersecurity Subcommittee for the 117th Congress. He will also serve on the Subcommittee on Airland and the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. “West Virginia is one of the most patriotic states in the nation and ...
WHEELING — New affordable housing developments received support from members of Wheeling City Council, who on Tuesday night applauded efforts of private investors to bring these developments to fruition. During Tuesday night’s virtual meeting of city council, members heard the first ...
WHEELING — Ohio County commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved a prevention resource officer contract between the county and Ohio County Schools — but with an added twist they see as beneficial to the school district. Commission President Randy Wharton asked that commissioners include ...
STEUBENVILLE — A man still angered over his breakup with a Bloomingdale-area woman several years ago brutally executed her current boyfriend early Tuesday morning, then took his own life, Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said. Abdalla said the victim, 69-year-old Richard Miser of ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates passed two education bills Tuesday, with much debate over an effort to expand the state’s public charter school pilot program. The House passed HB 2012, making changes to the state’s public charter school pilot program. The bill passed ...
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Homeland Security chairman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent Congress from certifying ...
A storm that initially called for 6-9 inches of snow ended up instead producing several hours of freezing rain in the Ohio Valley Monday into Tuesday, making travel overnight tricky. The morning commute -- at least on the main roads -- is an easy one as of now, though 2,000 residents in Ohio ...
