MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After years of effort, Monongalia County has added a fifth magistrate, and in May 2024, voters will elect a sixth that will be sworn in in January 2025. Along with a team of local ...

Virginia law bars attorneys from sending court records to journalists. The commonwealth’s court records are controlled by a ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State lawmakers agreed to give all elected judicial officers, with the exception of county magistrates, a pay raise in the final hours of the 60-day legislative session. The ...

PARKERSBURG — Four incumbents will be running unopposed for their seats as Wood County magistrates, while six candidates have filed for the newly reopened fifth magistrate seat for Wood County. The ...