CHARLESTON – Lawmakers, state regulators and utilities are trying to ensure West Virginia’s aging coal-fired power plants continue to provide base-load energy into the regional energy grid. The Joint Committee on Energy and Public Works heard from officials with the Office of Energy, the ...
The September 2026 term of the Ohio County Circuit Court grand jury returned 25 indictments against 26 people this week, according to Ohio County Prosecutor Shawn Turak announced. The following people have been charged as follows: -- Ame Rena Bumpous, 51, West Columbia, one count of the ...
CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s political leaders were quick to praise a move by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to roll back Biden-era rules limiting emissions by electric power plants in the state and across the nation, though advocates for clean air warned about the health ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Pennsylvania officials have reported a fourth measles-associated death. The latest death involved an 18-year-old resident of Mifflin County, in the center of the state, the county coroner's office said in a Facebook post. The cause was acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, ...
WELLSBURG — Two additional felony charges have been filed in the case against the now-former principal of Brooke High School, who has been accused of hiding cameras in three girls' locker rooms at the school. Eric Michael James, 53, now faces three felony counts of intentionally ...
WHEELING – The high price of fuel has Ohio County Schools watching both gas gauges and the school district’s gas and diesel budget. Ohio County Schools vouchers for the past month show $43,598 was paid to Belmont Petroleum for fuel for school district vehicles. Of that amount, $35,322 ...
