MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – With the 2024 general election over, a campaign to be the next Senate president is underway within the West Virginia Senate. Several names have been mentioned as possible replacements for outgoing Senate President Craig Blair (R-Jefferson), who lost a primary challenge in May. Senate Majority Leader Tom Takubo and Finance Committee Chair […] […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Monongalia County Clerk Carye Blaney and staff are preparing for election day with a recording breaking early voting period in the books. Final early voting turnout reached a new record with 24,227 voters casting ballots. That represents 37 percent total voter turnout prior to election day. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” […] […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A veteran of the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department who also served as the Westover Deputy Police Chief continues to reach out to voters as part of his campaign for Monongalia County Sheriff. Democrat nominee Todd Forbes is on the campaign trail, where he has made his pitch as an over 30-year veteran […] […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A registered nurse with over a decade of healthcare is challenging for the 80th District West Virginia House of Delegates seat. Summer Hartley is on the campaign trail as she reaches out to voters and discusses her goals for the Mountain State. A Morgantown native who has a graduate’s degree from Johns […] […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A social worker with more than 30 years of experience, primarily in addiction treatment, Diane Market-Gaston is the Democrat candidate for the House of Delegates seat in the 78th District. Market-Gaston is running against incumbent Republican Geno Chiarelli and on WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” believes she can better represent the district. […] […]
COMMENTARY Conversation on the best way to deal with homelessness and the problems associated with it has reached a fever pitch in Morgantown. City Council is considering an ordinance that would ban encampments throughout the city. Petty crime, open drug use, property damage, and a general perception that downtown is unsafe are all frustrations that […] […]