WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet official to depart during Trump's second term. In her resignation letter, which she ...
The Washington County Commissioners approved the appointment of Assistant Prosecutor Joe Derkin as the interim prosecutor succeeding current Judge Nicole Coil during the regular meeting on Thursday. Effective Tuesday, Derkin will remain interim prosecutor for a period of 45 days until the ...
PARKERSBURG – Some people behind a referendum petition challenging approval of a proposed municipal sanitation contract are also working to remove officials who supported the measure from office. A committee was formed over the last month-and-a-half to develop recall petitions, starting with ...
PARKERSBURG – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she needs more information about a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people claiming persecution by the government when asked if she had any concerns about it. Capito, R-W.Va., touched on that and other issues related to efforts to fund ...
PARKERSBURG – A new assistant director for the Wood County 911 Center who will also oversee the county’s emergency services will be stepping into the position on June 1. On Thursday, the Wood County Commission approved the hiring of Sam Scalise as the new director of emergency management, ...
10 people were indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury this week. Indictments include: *Michalle Renea Perkins, 40, 211 Mineral Manor Way, Parkersburg; one count of distrusting public services, a fourth-degree felony; one count domestic violence, a first-degree misdemeanor; from April ...