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West Virginia is seeing an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease. Since September, twenty cases have been reported. Pediatricians say that while there is no specific treatment, prevention is the best course of...

West Virginia fire departments are concerned about dwindling resources during fire season after 37 foresters were laid off this summer. The layoffs mean fewer workers to fight brush and forest fires during burn season....

Another gun has been found at Yeager Airport in Charleston. The TSA says a Braxton County man brought the loaded handgun with him to the airport over the weekend and he was given a...

Many Boone County students have been left without science textbooks because of budget cuts. Assistant Superintendent Lisa Beck tells the Gazette-Mail that the school system disposed of its old science textbooks last spring because...

Students in Nicholas and Kanawha counties who were displaced by June’s devastating floods will be moved from makeshift classrooms to long-term temporary modular units by the start of 2017. The Register-Herald of Beckley reports...

Yeager Airport security checkpoints have had nine incidents this year with passengers and loaded guns. The Transportation Security Administration says a Braxton County man was caught with a loaded handgun Sunday at Yeager Airport,...

West Virginia University’s “State of Minds” fundraiser has brought in more than its one-billion dollar goal over a year before the deadline. During a special announcement at Erickson Alumni Center, school officials announced the...

Tickets for overstaying your time at a parking meter in Wheeling could be getting more expensive soon. The Wheeling City Council’s Finance Committee will take up a proposal to increase the fines tomorrow before...

A boil water advisory is effect in Mingo County after a water line break. It was announced Saturday for much of Mingo County and will be in effect until further notice. Nearly a dozen...

Pink ribbons are now seen on all Ashland police vehicles. They’ll be there all of October as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month across the nation. Officers are also wearing pink ribbons this month.