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State Tax Department wants say in federal case over Justice-owned Greenbrier Resort

CHARLESTON - In the latest twist and turn surrounding the fight over the historic Greenbrier Resort between U.S. Sen. Jim Justice and a Texas-based hotel chain, West Virginia tax officials want a seat at the table with more than $4 million in tax liens on the line. In a filing Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, attorneys for the West Virginia Tax Division submitted a formal request to intervene in a federal lawsuit before U.S. District Court Judge Frank W. Volk filed last month by White Sulphur Springs Holdings LLC (WSSH) against Sen. ...

Wood County Grand Jury

PARKERSBURG - The following indictments were returned by the Wood County Grand Jury on Friday. Preston D. Pierce, 58, Asheville, N.C.: murder, felony murder, concealment of a deceased human body and kidnapping in December 2022. William Ray Adkins, 47, 2403 Williamstown Pike, Williamstown: two counts of wanton endangerment involving a firearm and child neglect creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury in October 2025. Myron Eugene Anderson, 44, North Central Regional Jail: malicious assault and domestic battery in September 2025 and possession of a controlled ...

Justice Department calls for rejection of WV Secretary of State motion to dismiss voter registration case

CHARLESTON - The U.S. Department of Justice said in a legal filing Thursday that it has the right to access unredacted voter registration files held by the West Virginia Secretary of State's Office. Attorneys for the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a memorandum Thursday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in response to a motion filed at the end of April by attorneys for Secretary of State Kris Warner, which sought to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the DOJ seeking unredacted voter registration files. Harmeet K. Dhillon, a U.S. assistant attorney ...

Morrisey defends religious vaccine exemptions in W.Va. Supreme Court filing

CHARLESTON – Gov. Patrick Morrisey said his executive order creating a pathway for religious exemptions to West Virginia's compulsory vaccine law for school-age children is protected by existing religious freedom laws. In an amicus brief filed Monday with the West Virginia Supreme Court of ...

Washington County Grand Jury indicts 11

MARIETTA - The Washington County Grand Jury this week announced the indictments of 11 individuals, mostly on drug-related charges. The defendants include: * Tiffany Kenzie Dawn Boso, 21, 1005 State Route 555, Little Hocking; a fifth-degree felony count of obstructing official business creating a risk of physical harm to officer, a first-degree misdemeanor count of resisting arrest, and a fourth-degree misdemeanor count of domestic violence from March. * Matthew Thomas Sandy, 43, 2090 County Road 9, Reno; two first-degree felonies on counts of kidnapping, two fourth-degree felonies ...