Washington City Council had the first reading of its 2026 budget that will hold the line on taxes. The city’s $15.3 million spending plan for 2026 keeps millage at 5.53 mills for buildings. The rate for land is 38.71 mills. A final budget is expected to be adopted in December. Council ...
A freelance journalist who has been researching the deaths of inmates in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has filed a federal lawsuit in Johnstown seeking the release of information concerning an inmate who died in December 2023 when housed in the Moshannon Valley Processing ...
Communities in West Virginia’s northern panhandle bore the brunt of devastating flooding that occurred in June, but small business owners in Washington County affected by it can apply for disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Washington County is among nine ...
Two people died Friday evening in a multiple-car crash on Interstate 70 in Donegal Township. Crews were called to mile marker 5, near the Claysville exit, on I-70 West at 5 p.m. A Hyundai sedan driven by Donna K. Havens of Wheeling, W.Va., was traveling eastbound before it crossed the grass ...
A Republic woman is charged with leaving dogs without access to food or water in the apartment from which she had been evicted. Police said the dogs were found emaciated at the North Union Township apartment of Mykel Nolan, 21, in June after downstairs tenants complained of water dripping from ...
The Washington County commissioners in a split vote terminated the 11-year contract that was scheduled to pay $1.6 million to the county’s Chamber of Commerce to promote economic development. Commissioners Nick Sherman and Electra Janis voted during the board’s regular meeting Thursday to ...
