Members of the House of Delegates jumped right in to work on the chamber’s economic development priorities.
House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, a month before the regular session began, gathered with members of the Republican supermajority to outline economic and workforce development goals.
Today, the second day of the regular session, House committees got right to work. For example:

House Finance got under the hood of HB4007, Relating to industrial access roads
The House Government Organization

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The latest dose of winter weather should move out of the region by late Thursday afternoon in time for the next weather maker Friday into Saturday.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Bill Modzelewski said the Morgantown area can expect about 1 inch of snow during the day Thursday as temperatures continue to fall. The temperatures will settle into the low 20’s Thursday with a low in the evening of 17 degrees.
“This particular event should be over with here later today and

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — An elected official who served in both major parties from Fairmont has died.
Paul Prunty
Paul Prunty died Sunday surrounded by his family after a long illness.
Prunty served 11 terms in the House of Delegates from 1972 to 2000 representing Marion and Taylor counties. He was elected seven times as a Republican and four times as a Democrat.
When he retired in 2002, state lawmakers passed a resolution naming the Northbound I-79 bridge over the Tygart River the “Paul E. Prunty

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – With the open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act healthcare insurance drawing to a close, experts are seeing changes to signup trends in West Virginia.
Higher rates for ACA programs mean people are choosing to change their coverage or drop it entirely, according to ACA navigator Jeremy Smith with First Choice Health Systems.
“Maybe about a quarter of people are either dropping out or switching into a high-deductible plan because it’s more affordable. That way, they can

Robert Dean Shaffer II
LEWISBURG, W.Va. — A registered sex offender in Greenbrier County is back in jail facing charges tied to child pornography.
Greenbrier County Sheriff Bart Baker said his deputies this week arrested Robert Dean Shaffer II, 55, of Rupert, W.Va. Deputies were led to Shaffer following an investigation by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The investigation revealed evidence Shaffer had solicited, acquired, distributed, and possessed large amounts of child sexual

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Governor Patrick Morrisey delivers his second State of the State Address
–State BOE President Paul Hardesty says the state aid formula for schools needs to be a priority
–A Grafton woman is charged with murder after her daughter starves to death
–In Sports: A heartbreaker for the Mountaineer women and a tough loss at home for Marshall’s men
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