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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. –A former prosecuting attorney was sworn in Friday to serve as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Matthew L. Harvey was confirmed to the position by the U.S. Senate on October 7. He was first nominated by President Trump on June 30.
Harvey will oversee a staff of 47 employees, including 20 attorneys and 27 non-attorney support personnel across Wheeling, Martinsburg, Clarksburg, and Elkins.
“I am grateful to President Trump placing his trust

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The state’s Public Service Commission have scheduled two public comment hearings and an evidentiary hearing for the increase sought by Black Diamond Power CO.
The Charleston-based company filed the request on August 1 and is seeking a 6.97% increase. The company buys their power from Appalachian Power Co. and then resells it to 4,886 customers primarily in Clay, Wyoming and Raleigh counties.
If the increase is approved, it would increase the average monthly residential bill by

ELKINS, W.Va. — Randolph County authorities have filed an additional sex crimes charge against an Elkins pastor.
Kevin Curtis Jones (WVRJA)
Kevin Curtis Jones, 33, of Elkins, was charged Tuesday with Distribution & Exhibiting Material Depicting Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Activity.
Jones has been in jail since Oct. 2 when he was charged with allegedly using a computer to solicit an underage girl. Authorities said Jones, the pastor at Summit Church, used a phone to seek a “clandestine

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is one of the many leaders in America celebrating the recent ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
The Israeli government approved a ceasefire in Gaza, which is stage one of President Trump’s plan to end the war that’s been going on for about two years.
Shelley Moore Capito
“I think this is an incredible breakthrough. Everybody on every side of this in our country knows how meaningful this could be,” Capito said on MetroNews “Talkline.” “Even if you look at

CHARLESTON, W.Va – State lawmakers looking to increase regulations on nicotine vaping products got a look inside the industry and West Virginia’s enforcement of current regulations during interim committee meetings earlier this week.
A panel discussion held before the legislature’s Joint Committee on Health shed light on issues like underage use of vapes, the sale of illegal products, and involvement with organized crime.
“Illicit vapes are not just about nicotine or kids sneaking a puff.

MARTINSBURG, W. Va. — A Martinsburg man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a shooting incident that happened just outside a Martinsburg High School football game last fall.
Scott Browning (WVRJA)
Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Kinser told The Panhandle News Network Scott Christopher Browning, Jr., 21, was sentenced by Berkeley County Circuit Judge Michael Lorensen following Browning’s convictions for three felony counts of Wanton Endangerment and one felony count of the