Bridgeport News

The general contractor for the earthwork done at the Weirton port, Kokosing Construction Co., has filed a mechanics lien for $513,350 because it hasn't been paid, a claim Weirton Area Port Authority Chairman B.J. DeFelice is disputing.

Three faculty members and two groups of Davis & Elkins College students recently attended the West Virginia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance conference in Bridgeport.

Stephen and Michael Moore of Ripley-based CNG Innovations show off one of several natural gas-powered vehicles at the first-ever Appalachian Basin NGV Expo and Conference at the Charleston Civic Center.

The West Virginia Development office will host a free workshop in Bridgeport next month to educate nonprofit organizations and donors about the Neighborhood Investment Program.

First at 11 a.m., Tomblin will join Clarksburg Mayor Patsy Trecost, Harrison County Commissioners, as well as other state and local officials for an announcement regarding state government services that will be offered in the city.

By July 2016, all West Virginia counties will be required to participate in a drug court program and provide alternative, treatment-based sentences for certain individuals convicted of drug-related crimes.

Somerset Township is seeking $246,531 in damages from a West Virginia Marcellus Shale drilling company the township says left Lusk Road in poor condition in 2011.