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Gov. Jim Justice said Friday that the state is seeking bids on a consulting contract to undertake a thorough review of the massive Department of Health and Human Resources. Justice said the deadline to submit bids is May 6. In late March, Justice vetoed a bill that would have split the DHHR into separate agencies, … Read more

Court records said a Clay County man has been charged after he allegedly said Child Protective Services workers should be taken out in the street and shot in the head and punched in the face. James McCune Jr. of Clay was charged in Clay County Magistrate Court. The complaint said a state probation officer was … Read more

An ATV accident over the weekend left two people injured. The Pinch Volunteer Fire Dept. said it happened on Morris Fork between Sanderson and Cedar Grove Saturday around 5:30 pm. Two critical patients were air-lifted to the hospital.

Gov. Jim Justice has announced that the West Virginia National Guard will send armored personnel carriers for Ukraine to use against Russian aggression. Justice says an “an undisclosed number” of M-113 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine following a request from the Department of Defense. The vehicles are used to move soldiers and equipment while providing … Read more

Ribbons were cut Friday as The Step By Step organization hosted the grand opening of the West Side Family Resource Center. The Charleston community will now have access to everyday items just around the corner. WCHS TV said the building was once used as a convenience store and will now hold items like toothbrushes, detergent, … Read more

Marshall’s annual green-white game is this afternoon inside the Chris Cline Athletic Center. Kickoff is at 3 p.m…WVU’s gold-blue game kicks off at 1:07 at Milan Puskar Stadium.

Marshall University is receiving a one-million-dollar gift frm the Dutch Miller Auto Group to help build a new business complex. The new facility is being built on 4th Avenue and is slated to open in January of 2024.

There’s a slight uptick in COVID cases in West Virginia. There are more than 40 new active cases, and almost 90 people are in the hosptial. A 93-year-old Mason County man died.

The Coroner’s Office has identified a body found in a burned out car earlier this week. The body of Darlene Jackson was found in the driver’s seat of a car that had been pushed over an embankment in Clay County. Her son, 34-year-old Johnny Rogers admitted to shooting his mother and setting fire to the … Read more

An Elkins man is under arrest for carrying a loaded gun at an airport in Syracuse, New York. The man told TSA officers that he had driven to the area for work and forgot he had the gun with him.