WVU women to host NCAA regional tournament games starting Friday

MORGANTOWN — The NCAA women’s basketball tournament is heading back to Morgantown. The official word came down Saturday, as announced on ESPN. No. 12 West Virginia (27-6) is one of the 16 regional hosts for the opening two rounds of the tournament that begins in full on Friday. The ...

Divisions On Display In W.Va. Senate

CHARLESTON – Divisions within the Republican caucus of the West Virginia Senate were on full display Friday with members backing an amendment to support Raylee's Law and repeal the student transfer rule. An amendment to a committee amendment to House Bill 5537, repealing obsolete and ...

High Winds Lash Ohio Valley

Strong winds swept through the Ohio Valley on Friday, complicating emergency response efforts, causing multiple brush fires, knocking down trees and power lines and leaving thousands without electricity across several counties. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh issued a high wind ...

Wheeling Operating Budget to Top $42.3M Next Fiscal Year

WHEELING – Members of Wheeling City Council are set to approve the city's proposed General Fund Budget for fiscal year 2026-27 – a detailed roadmap of projected expenditures and revenues that is slated to top $42.3 million. In recent weeks, budget work sessions have been scheduled to give ...

Local Governments Address Budgets, High Gas Prices

WHEELING – As gas prices took a drastic jump in recent weeks, so did the hit on the budgets of local cities, counties and school districts. Some officials say they aren’t worried yet about the added expense, as the cost of gasoline was lower than expected most of the year and was coming ...

House Passes Tax Cut, Senate Approves Pay Raises

CHARLESTON – With the 2026 legislative session ending at midnight Saturday, the House of Delegates spent nearly two hours Friday rejecting all but one amendment to a bill to provide a 5% tax cut to West Virginians, while the state Senate added locality pay to a 4% pay raise bill. The House ...