West Virginia Legislature

More than 100 people joined Blue Ridge Community and Technical College leaders Friday to celebrate the completion of an $18.2 million campus project with ribbon-cutting and flag-raising ceremonies. Staged in front of the college’s new 55,000-...

A home where 132 dogs and 10 cats were found living in deplorable conditions Tuesday has been condemned by the Berkeley County Engineering Department, officials said Thursday. Two of the dogs taken from the home at 64 Slate Lane in Falling Waters, W.Va.,...

Editor’s note: This is another in a series of Eastern Panhandle candidate previews that The Herald-Mail will be running over the next several months. The announcements also will be posted on our website, www. herald-mail.com, through the West...

An annual $1.6 million appropriation increase for Blue Ridge Community and Technical College in Martinsburg was included in the state budget, Senate Bill 160, passed recently by the West Virginia Legislature. “I went to Charleston (W.Va.)...

An annual $1.6 million appropriation increase for Blue Ridge Community and Technical College in Martinsburg was included in the state budget, Senate Bill 160, passed Friday by the West Virginia Legislature. “I went to Charleston determined to...

Legislation is moving through the West Virginia Legislature that could force a Berkeley County Council member to abandon her bid for re-election this year because of a 10-year-old felony conviction. Any person convicted of treason, bribery, perjury or...

Maryland The Maryland General Assembly’s 2012 session begins Jan. 11 and ends April 9. Information about the General Assembly, including the status of bills, can be found at http://mlis.state.md.us. Sen. George C. Edwards R-Garrett/Allegany/...

Gold and silver apparently are not the only "precious" metals in the world, at least in the eyes of area thieves. In fact, just about any item containing copper or any other increasingly valuable metal — from heat pumps and air conditioners to...

Earl Ray Tomblin says his 30-plus years of experience in the West Virginia Legislature gives him a “unique background” that would serve him well if elected governor on Oct. 4. Republican Bill Maloney, perhaps not surprisingly, contends his...

A $11.4 billion spending plan for fiscal 2011-12 adopted by the West Virginia Legislature Friday includes $2.8 million for 415 fairs, festivals and other cultural causes. The fesitvals and fairs include the following in the Eastern Panhandle: -...

The Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority on Wednesday is expected to consider a memorandum of understanding between the authority and the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Convention & Visitors Bureau. The authority’s board meeting will be at 4 p.m. at...

Legislation concerning MARC commuter train funding and reform of homestead exemption for seniors were among proposals introduced last week by Eastern Panhandle lawmakers at the beginning of the 80th West Virginia Legislature. Whether it passes or not,...