Martinsburg

The city of Martinsburg is celebrating its 250th anniversary. That milestone comes with city-wide events planned throughout the year.

On this West Virginia Morning, we explore the major issues and opportunities for promoting the health and well-being of the people of Appalachia with Dr. Randy Wykoff, one of the editors of the book “Appalachian Health.” We also take a look at the city of Martinsburg as it celebrates its 250th anniversary and provide an update on the state legislature’s interim meetings in Morgantown as lawmakers sit in on a presentation on cannabis and the workplace.

The president of a West Virginia chapter of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge that he breached the U.S. Capitol during last year's riot.

A Navy nuclear engineer pleaded guilty Monday to passing information about American nuclear-powered warships to someone he thought was a representative of a foreign government but who was actually an undercover FBI agent.

Civil rights trailblazer J. R. Clifford died on October 6, 1933, at age 85. He served in an African American unit during the Civil War and founded Martinsburg’s Pioneer Press, the first black-owned newspaper in West Virginia.

The city of Martinsburg elected its first female mayor this week.Harriet Johnson, a Democrat, received 564 votes – a little more than 35 percent of the…

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia is investigating the treatment of several protesters recently arrested by the Martinsburg Police…

A federal appeals court has vacated part of a finding that cleared five West Virginia police officers on qualified immunity grounds in an excessive force…

Seven companies have been named in a lawsuit related to the contamination of a West Virginia city’s water supply from firefighting foam.The lawsuit filed…

West Virginia University Medicine on Wednesday opened drive-thru coronavirus testing sites for pre-screened patients.The sites will be in Morgantown,…