New Troopers hitting the road
A new class of West Virginia State Troopers is hitting the road. Forty new state Troopers graduated Friday. The new class took part in an accelerated course, because they all have law enforcement backgrounds....
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College football action
College football this weekend… WVU travels to Stillwater to take on Oklahoma State Saturday at 3:30…Marshall will take on UTSA in Huntington Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
West Virginia second “fattest” in the country
A new report says West Virginia is one of the most obese states in the country. The Wallet Hub report lists West Virginia as the second “fattest” state in the country behind Mississippi. The...
Public school enrollment is down
West Virginia’s public school enrollment is down by almost five-thousand students this year. School officials attribute the decline to a change in the enrollment cutoff date for pre-kindergarten. Last year state law was changed...
Election results are official
The official election results are in. After more than 17-hundred votes went uncounted Kanawha County was forced to conduct a canvass. Thursday night the commission met to certify the results in all local races....
Ski slopes open Thanksgiving weekend
Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort plans to be open in less than ten day. The slopes are expected to open the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Canaan Valley, Timberline and Winterplace anticipate opening in mid-December.
Ambulance involved in fatal crash
Two people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash involving a Whitesville ambulance. A driver lost control on Lens Creek road and crossed the center line hitting one car head on, and then colliding with...
Suspect in Huntington shooting is custody
A suspect is in custody following a shooting in Huntington. One person was shot near the MedExpress on route 60 Thursday afternoon. The victim was taken to the hospital in a personal vehicle. No...
Body of soldier killed in training exercise returns to WV
The body of 21-year-old Army Specialist Nick Jividen returned to West Virginia late Thursday night. Jividen, was originally from Poca, and died last week in a training exercise accident at Fort Irwin in California....
Suit Filed Over School Consolidation Plan in Nicholas County
Three parents have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to nullify the West Virginia School Building Authority board vote to approve consolidating Nicholas County schools damaged by the June 2016 flood. The Gazette-Mail reports...
