An immigration sweep that resulted in more than 600 arrests in West Virginia was built on collaboration with a growing number of local law enforcement agencies, which in recent months have been rewarded with hard-to-pass-up incentives to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“We couldn’t have done it without the help of the state and locals,” Michael Rose, the acting field office director in the Philadelphia region for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, said this past week

WAYNE, W.Va. –– The Mayor of Wayne has given the green light to municipal water customers to resume full use of the town’s water service.
Mayor Danny Grace on Friday announced the protective orders issued to residents over the town’s water service has been fully lifted.
“As of today, I am fully lifting my protective order on the Town of Wayne’s water supply. This decision follows recent lab results that show no detections of mineral oil or PCBs in our water plant or distribution system, as well

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth indicated two members off the West Virginia National Guard shot in the line of duty in Washington D.C. will be awarded the purple heart.
The acknowledgement came as Hegseth addressed a group of guard troops in a re-enlistement ceremony Friday at the Washington Monument. Hegseth referred to West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and West Virginia Air Guard Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe as “soon to be Purple Heart recipients.”

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over objections from a number of community opponents, the West Virginia Air Quality board has upheld an air quality permit for construction of a power plant and data center in Tucker county.
Three organizations, Tucker United, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, and SierraClub appealed the permit approved by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection for Fundamental Data’s project near the towns of Davis and Thomas.
“We are extremely disappointed in the Air

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –State Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby told lawmakers Thursday that there could be millions of dollars in deferred maintenance needed at the West Virginia Culture Center.
Chelsea Ruby, Secretary of WV Dept. of Tourism
Ruby, who appeared before the House Finance Committee, said she has repeatedly found issues at the center that require her to return to the Legislature for funding.
She referenced last year, when she had to request funding to repair the center’s roof after it began

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –U.S. Marshals have arrested a fugitive sex offender wanted in West Virginia.
David Scott (Photo: U.S. Marshals office)
David Mark Scott, 53, of McCarr, KY, who is originally from Charleston, WV. was arrested Wednesday.
According to a release, Scott was wanted by the West Virginia State Police for failure to register as a sex offender. He was also wanted by the Mingo County Sheriff’s Office for a probation violation.
In July 2020, he was convicted in Mingo County Circuit Court

A senator often aligned with Gov. Patrick Morrisey spoke out today against a proposed resolution to prevent people whose memories don’t all gather round her from running for governor of West Virginia.
Senate Joint Resolution 19, sponsored by senators Rupie Phillips and Vince Deeds, initially said, “No person may be elected as or serve as governor, unless that person was born in West Virginia.” Phillips has since proposed, instead, raising the residency requirement from the current minimum of