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Pierpont Community and Technical College to host on-campus job fair

Local NewsBy mike.nolting@wvradio.comApril 2, 2025

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…

City of Morgantown encourages city voters to check registration ahead of upcoming municipal election

Local NewsBy mike.nolting@wvradio.comApril 2, 2025

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 city manager plans to remain, work through ‘misinformation’

Local NewsBy mike.nolting@wvradio.comApril 2, 2025

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…

U.S. attorneys in the northern district honored regionally

Local NewsBy mike.nolting@wvradio.comApril 2, 2025

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.…

Tobacco Free Day observed in Charleston Wednesday

Local NewsBy mike.nolting@wvradio.comApril 2, 2025

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…

HHS laying off 185 union workers at Morgantown NIOSH; total number higher

Local NewsBy mike.nolting@wvradio.comApril 2, 2025

Two more sentenced in 2022 Marion County motorcycle gang murder

Local NewsBy mike.nolting@wvradio.comApril 2, 2025

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,…

Morgantown releases 2025 Ruby Summer Concert Series lineup

Local NewsBy mike.nolting@wvradio.comApril 1, 2025

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The lineup for the 2025 Ruby Summer Concert Series features 12 free community concerts on Fridays from June through August all show times start at 7 p.m. “Summer is coming and it’s hard to believe the Ruby Summer Concert Series only started three years ago, given all the accolades and community support…

Chase Thomas elected to Board of Directors for State Bancorp, Inc.

Local NewsBy mike.nolting@wvradio.comApril 1, 2025

BRUCETON MILLS, W.Va. — State Bancorp, Inc. has announced the addition of Chase Thomas to the board of directors. Thomas was elected to the board of the locally owned and managed financial services company that serves as the bank holding company for Clear Mountain Bank. Thomas has been with Clear Mountain Bank since 2013 and…

Michigan man ordered to federal prison following Clarksburg drug investigation

Local NewsBy mike.nolting@wvradio.comApril 1, 2025

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. –– A Michigan man has been ordered to serve nine years in federal prison for the distribution of methamphetamine in the Clarksburg area. Jason T. (Rock) Scruggs, 42, of Clinton, Michigan, transported large quantities of dangerous drugs from Detroit to Clarksburg. On one trip, Scriggs was caught with 443 grams of methamphetamine and…

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