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CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.

FirstEnergy has cited West Virginia energy policy as a key obstacle causing it to abandon its greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030. The utility says its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2030 from a 2019 baseline depended on a “meaningful reduction in operation” at its Harrison and Fort Martin power stations that hasnt materialized.

A double murder trial is underway in Berkeley County for the June 2020 shooting deaths of a 25-year-old sex worker and her 61-year-old driver on a rural road.

Charleston County Parks and Sea Fox Boat Co. hope to create a 46-acre park, but the project would require rezoning and the addition of a manufacturing plant.

The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office called a news conference this past Jan. 9 to announce arrests had been made in a 34-year-old cold case involving the death of then 5-year-old

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The UnitedStates Marshals Service recently arrested two men in connection to a string of vehicle thefts at a West Ashley car dealership in January.Jaci Deshaw

CHARLES TOWN — During Edgar Hopkins Conn’s extradition hearing on Friday, Jefferson County Assistant Prosecutor Neil Zahradnik objected to Conn being extradited to Georgia, petitioning the court for Conn to

MARTINSBURG — On Thursday, Berkeley County Deputy K-9 Braum completed his service and was recognized by Sheriff Rob Blair, current and former members of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department and

MARTINSBURG — Ryan Hammond is running for a spot on the Berkeley County Board of Education, where he hopes to use his knowledge of the community to help students learn