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Senate Health Committee recommends eliminating school-age vaccine requirements

CHARLESTON – Following up on an executive order issued last month by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, the state Senate Health Committee sent a bill to the full West Virginia Senate weakening immunization requirements for all school-age children in the state. The Senate Health Committee recommended ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed as health secretary

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump's health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly ...

West Virginia Legislature gavels in for 2025 session

CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Legislature began its annual regular session Wednesday, kicking off 60 days of debates over bills and the budget, balancing the desires of its members with the agenda of a new governor. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw and state Senate President Randy Smith gaveled ...

Morrisey presents first State of the State address

CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey laid out his legislative agenda and presented lawmakers a balanced budget after previously raising alarms about a potential $400 million budget hole in his first State of the State address as West Virginia’s 37th governor. Morrisey gave his first State of ...

Five arrested as part of drug investigation in Weirton

WEIRTON - Five people are in custody at the West Virginia Northern Regional Jail following arrests made by the Hancock-Brooke-Weirton Drug Task Force Tuesday in relation to an investigation into the distribution of fentanyl and crystal methamphetamine in the area. As a result of a months-long ...

Weirton Council begins budget process for 2025-26

WEIRTON – With about six weeks before having to submit it to the state, Weirton Council met Wednesday for their first official discussion on proposals for the city’s 2025-2026 fiscal year budgets. Council convened in a workshop session Wednesday, gathering in the council chambers of the ...