MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A vital step to move forward a large-scale highway infrastructure project in Monongalia County has been formally given a green light. The Monongalia County Commission unanimously approved an agreement with the West Virginia Department of Transportation to transfer a $50 million National Infrastructure Project Assistance MEGA grant towards the DOT. The agreement…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The Pierpont Community and Technical College is ready to host an on-campus job fair on Thursday, April 3. The job fair will begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 3, with over two dozen different employment opportunities expected to be showcased at the Advanced Technology Center at 500 Galliher Drive on the…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Morgantown City Clerk’s Office wants to make sure that all potential voters who are eligible to vote in the 2025 Municipal Election are able to do so. Morgantown City Clerk Christine Wade offered some forwarding advice on WAJR’s Talk of the Town Wednesday, where she encouraged those wishing to register or…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Members of Bridgeport City Council have scheduled a meeting for Thursday to potentially terminate newly hired city manager Pat Ford. The meeting is scheduled for this Thursday at 5 p.m. Ford was sworn in as city manager in October of 2024. Ford was directed by councilors to investigate and correct the workplace…
MARTINSBURG, W. Va. — Washington-Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) has honored two Assistant United States Attorneys from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia and members of the Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force for an investigation that dismantled a tri-state drug trafficking operation. Assistant U.S.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tobacco Free Day at the state capitol will be observed Wednesday, April 2, and the American Lung Association plans to bring 300 to 400 students from across the state. The students are part of a group called RAZE. Raze members said the name reflects the word “raze,” which means to destroy—the same…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Two more convicted in the 2022 Pagan Motorcycle Club murder of Henry Silver in Marion County have been sentenced. Judge Matthew Delligatti sentenced Derek Clem, 30, to life with mercy for first-degree murder and one to five years for conspiracy to commit a felony. Clem was convicted back in September. Dane Hull,…
