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PSC order requires cost-sharing for pole replacements for broadband expansion

CHARLESTON — Disagreements between the companies that own utility poles and internet service providers have plagued the expansion of broadband across the state, but a new order from the West Virginia Public Service Commission could help spread out the costs of pole replacements. The PSC ...

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Man injured in ATV accident CROSS CREEK TOWNSHIP — A man was transported by medical helicopter to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center after the utility vehicle he was driving crashed near county Road 74 Tuesday night. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department reported the man was ...

WVDOH: Penco Road resurfacing set for this week

WEIRTON - Portions of Penco Road will be restricted to one lane for the remainder of the week to allow for resurfacing, according to information received from the West Virginia Division of Highways this afternoon. The resurfacing has been scheduled today through Friday, with closures set from ...

W.Va. Supreme Court Justice Armstead dead at age 60

CHARLESTON — Tim Armstead, a justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and the first Republican speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates in more than 80 years, died Tuesday after a prolonged battle with cancer. According to the state Supreme Court of Appeals, Armstead, ...

State health facility official, prison superintendent held in civil contempt

CHARLESTON — A cabinet secretary and a superintendent of one of the state’s prisons are being held in civil contempt court for defying a federal order to commit a suicide-prone inmate to one of West Virginia psychiatric hospitals, while a state assistant attorney general could face ...