CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Members of Teamsters Local 175 employed at River Oaks in Clarksburg have voted by a 93-percent margin to reject the latest offer from the company and authorize a strike. The approximately 45 Teamsters on staff are Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and workers in housekeeping and dietary. Union officials said many employees are…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. A Bridgeport police officer has been arrested and charged with two counts of stalking and one count of obtaining confidential public information after a series of incidents with his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend. Between July 2023 and April 2024, William Townsend, who during that time was employed as a police officer in the…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Clarksburg police have identified the man killed in the Monday motorcycle accident on Emily Drive as Daniel Critchfield, 37. The investigation showed that the SUV was turning left onto Emily Drive and striking Critchfield, who was driving north. Critchfield was transported to the United Hospital Center, where he later died. The accident…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. The newest small-format hospital from Health/Vandalia Health Care in Harrison County could be operational by 2026, according to Vandalia Executive Vice President David Goldberg. The facility will be located in the community of Charles Pointe in Bridgeport, along I-79. Final approvals from the state have been received, March-Weston has been selected as the…
KINGWOOD, W.Va. — A pair of DOH projects are expected to cause traffic delays in Preston County. Beginning Wednesday, August 7, delays are expected on Brown Avenue, from the intersection of South Price Street, to the intersection of Tunnelton St, and on South Price Street, from the intersection of Brown Avenue, to just past the…
ARTHURDALE, W.Va. — A Masontown resident is facing multiple charges after an Arthurdale woman told police he put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her. On July 20 just before midnight, James Albright, 47, grabbed the woman and held a knife to her throat and attempted to drag her away near front…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Morgantown City Council will consider a new proposal to limit camping or the use of camping equipment within the city at a future date. Proposed Article 1157 states,” It is the purpose of this article to prevent harm to the health and safety of the public and to promote the public health, safety,…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. Construction of the new $25 million terminal building at the North Central West Virginia Airport (CKB) is on budget and on time, according to Director Rick Rock. Pittsburgh-based Mascaro Construction, Co., LP, is the general contractor for the $25 million project that has been decades in the making. “We hope it will be…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Morgantown native Chelsea Elliott is one of the recipients of the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad. The eight students, along with six others selected earlier this year, earned the scholarship funded by the U.S. Department of State in a national competition. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” Elliott, a senior landscape architecture…
