News Staff A coal miner is dead after falling while he was working above a beltline in the prep plant at Ohio County Coal Company’s Ohio County Mine, located in Benwood. He fell about thirty-feet and died at the scene. Both state and federal mine safety agencies are investigating.
A Mingo County woman is under arrest for passing a school bus just seconds after a student crossed the road. Cassidy Browning is charged with obstructing an officer, leaving the scene of an accident, and overtaking a school bus.
All fifty-five West Virginia counties are declaring a state of preparedness head of a winter storm that is expected to arrive Sunday evening. Coordinating agencies are on standby to report to the State Emergency Operations Center. Up to eight inches of snow could fall in some areas. Charleston could see up to four inches.
Crews responded to a house fire early Wednesday morning in Charleston. The fire was reported about 4:15 a.m. in the 800 block of Larchmont Drive, according to Kanawha County dispatchers and the home appeared to be vacant. No injuries were reported.
Steel maker Nucor made it official Wednesday afternoon that it plans to build a $2.7 billion steel mill in a Mason County soy bean field. The company said it’s going to need about 2,000 contractors at peak in order to build the facility and employ 800 to 1,000 people once it gets to full production. … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice was set to make numerous appearances this week, including the annual State of the State address, but was sidelined after testing positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. The governor is fully vaccinated and has had a booster shot, and said he was experiencing moderate symptoms. Justice has received monoclonal antibody treatments and continues … Read more
The Partnership of African American Churches will be hosting a free COVID-19 testing, booster, and vaccine clinic in Huntington today (Friday). The clinic will be held at the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church located at 1757 10th Avenue from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. No insurance or appointments are required. Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson … Read more
Governor Jim Justice said he is sending in the National Guard to help hospitals with urgent staffing needs. So far, only CAMC and Grafton City Hospital have asked for that immediate assistance, but the Guard is preparing to go statewide. They’ll be the greeters and COVID testers at the front doors and they’ll help transport … Read more
It’s been a week of major economic developments across the state. Gov. Jim Justice announced a project in Morgantown that will create more than 125 jobs. Owens & Minor and West Virginia Medicine will work with the state to launch a health care products preparedness center that represents a $50 million investment. A project involving … Read more
West Virginia leaders announced details Wednesday of an economic development project in Mason County that is expected to bring a steel mill and hundreds of jobs to the area. Nucor Corporation, the largest steel producer in the United States, has selected Mason County as the site for a state-of-the-art sheet steel mill, according to a … Read more