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WednesdayJanuary 24, 2018

Opposition to attempt to stop state Medicaid funding for abortions gets boost from new poll

"This effort to take away Medicaid coverage from poor women is doing nothing to move West Virginia forward," said WV Free's Margaret Chapman Pomponio.

Rite Aid will pay $4 million for improper pseudoephedrine sales

U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart said that money will go to the West Virginia Crime Victims Compensation Fund and drug treatment within the Department of Health and Human Resources.

Fayette County man pleads guilty to felony embezzlement

Thomas Woodrum faces one to 10 years in prison.

Parkersburg South in mix of Class AAA title contenders

Parkersburg South entered this week rated No. 1 in the MetroNews Power Index.

Extension of runway at Morgantown Municipal Airport takes ‘crucial step’ forward

Approximately 80 percent of the project will be covered with the two grants, leaving the city to pay around $8 million.

Midweek notes from under the Capitol dome

—The much talked about co-tenancy bill should finally come out of bill drafting and be assigned to the House Energy Committee this week. Chairman Bill Anderson (R-Wood) has been fine tuning the bill that would allow horizontal drilling into a natural gas reserve if 75 percent of the rights holders agree. Currently, 100 percent have