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ebevins@newsandsentinel.com Parkersburg Municipal Building maintenance worker Westley Lockhart cleaned the handles of the doors to City Council chambers on March 13, 2020, as officials in Parkersburg and other municipalities were grappling with how to respond to the burgeoning pandemic. (File Photo) The parking lot at Grand Central Mall in Vienna was mostly empty on April 10, 2020,more than two weeks after it temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (File Photo) Parkersburg ...

/ West Virginia expects to receive at least $4 billion in direct federal funding and benefits from the American Rescue Plan that passed the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the broad-sweeping aid package into law Friday. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin met with members of the West Virginia Municipal League (WVML), West Virginia Association of Counties (WVACO) and County Commissioners Association of West Virginia (CCAWV) yesterday to discuss specifics of the...

Northern Kentucky SWAT standoff ends in arrest A standoff in Pendleton County ended in an arrest overnight, according to the sheriff’s office. (Source: WWNY) By Jennifer Edwards Baker | March 9, 2021 at 4:22 AM EST - Updated March 9 at 1:32 PM PENDLETON COUNTY, Ky. (FOX19) - A standoff in Pendleton County ended in an arrest overnight, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies said they responded to a home near the intersection of Route 27 and Route 177 just before 3 p.m. Monday. Th...

CJ Editorial Board Mar 5, 2021 North Laurel High School sophomore standout Reed Sheppard has attracted national attention this year. Averaging 33 points per game, he has helped lead his North Laurel Jaguars to an undefeated record of 19-0. Caleb Lowndes “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” Legendary University of Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp was known to have tweaked this bit of the 121st Psalm to reference the...

DAVIS — As we have spent a large part of our late winter huddled by heating stoves trying to keep warm and safely confining ourselves to limited travels, sp

Justice CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice will reside in Charleston, according to a settlement in a case filed by a former state delegate. The settlement order was filed March 1 in Kanawha Circuit Court. Isaac Sponaugle filed the lawsuit as a citizen against Justice in 2018. “The parties agree that Respondents’ voluntary agreement to reside at the seat of government within the meaning of the Constitution renders this case moot and the case should be dismissed,” the o...

Updated Monday, March 1, 2021 at 5:40 p.m. Gov. Jim Justice has agreed to abide by the state constitution and reside in Charleston during his second term in office. That decision follows a years-long battle in the courts that wound up in the hands of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and, ultimately, the dismissal of the case from a circuit court. According to the dismissal order — which is effective Monday — Justice "has represented that he intends to reside in Charleston consist...

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice has agreed to “reside” in Charleston as part of a settlement reached in a court case regarding the governor’s residency during his term Monday.

STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS Photo Courtesy of W.Va. Governor’s Office West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice talks to state residents about his plan to phase out the state income tax during a Monday virtual town hall. CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice agreed to “reside” in Charleston as required by the West Virginia Constitution in a settlement of a lawsuit brought by a former lawmaker. According to a dismissal order issued Monday by Kanawha County Circuit Judge Daniel P. O’Hanlon, Justice agreed to �...

For The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice agreed to “reside” in Charleston as required by the West Virginia Constitution in a settlement of a lawsuit brought by a former lawmaker. According to a dismissal order issued Monday by Kanawha County Circuit Judge Daniel P. O’Hanlon, Justice agreed to “reside” in Charleston as defined by an opinion issued by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals last November. In a Nov. 20, 2020, opinion, the Supreme Court denied a motion fo...